In this exercise take it as given that the infinite series
\(\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} n^{p} e^{-q n}\) converges for all \(p\) if \(q>0\), and,
where appropriate, use the comparison test for absolute convergence of an
infinite series.
Let
$$
u(x, y)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \alpha_{n} \frac{\sinh n \pi(b-y) / a}{\sinh n \pi
b / a} \sin \frac{n \pi x}{a}
$$
where
$$
\alpha_{n}=\frac{2}{a} \int_{0}^{a} f(x) \sin \frac{n \pi x}{a} d x
$$
and \(f\) is piecewise smooth on \([0, a]\).
(a) Verify the approximations
$$
\frac{\sinh n \pi(b-y) / a}{\sinh n \pi b / a} \approx e^{-n \pi y / a}, \quad
y