Chapter 5. Separation of Variables
faculty.uca.edu › darrigo › Studentstion using the method of separation of variables. 4.1 The heat equation Consider, for example, the heat equation ut = uxx, 0 < x < 1, t > 0 (4.1) subject to the initial and boundary conditions u(x,0) = x ¡ x2, u(0,t) = u(1,t) = 0. (4.2) Assuming separable solutions u(x,t) = X(x)T(t), (4.3) shows that the heat equation (4.1) becomes XT0 = X00T,