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Chapter 13: Partial Differential Equations

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Verify that (9.15) follows from (9.14). Hint: Use the formulas for tan(), tan2, etc., to condense (9.14) and then change to polar coordinates. You may find

u=100arctansin2r2cos2

Show that if you use principal values of the arc tangent, this formula does not give the correct boundary conditions on the x-axis, whereas (9.15) does.

Q1P

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Show that the gravitational potential V=Gmrsatisfies Laplace's equation, that is, show that 2(1r)=0wherer2=x2+y2+z2,r0.

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Use Problem 7.16 to find the characteristic vibration frequencies of sound in a spherical cavity.

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Write the Schr枚dinger equation (3.22) if is a function ofx, and V=12m2x2 (this is a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator). Find the solutions n(x)and the energy eigenvalues En . Hints: In Chapter 12, equation (22.1) and the first equation in (22.11), replace xby xwhere =m/. (Don't forget appropriate factors of for the x' 's in the denominators of D=ddxand ''=d2dx2.) Compare your results for equation (22.1) with the Schr枚dinger equation you wrote above to see that they are identical if En=(n+12). Write the solutions n(x)of the Schr枚dinger equation using Chapter 12, equations (22.11) and (22.12).

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The surface temperature of a sphere of radius 1 is held at u=sin2+cos3. Find the interior temperature u(r,,).

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Separate the Schr枚dinger equation (3.22) in rectangular coordinates in 3 dimensions assuming that V=12m2(x2+y2+z2). (This is a 3-dimensional harmonic oscillator). Observe that each of the separated equations is of the form of the one-dimensional oscillator equation in Problem 20. Thus write the solutions n(x,y,z)for the 3dimensional problem, where, find the energy eigenvalues Enand their degree of degeneracy (see Problem (6.7) and Chapter 15, Problem 4.21).

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Find the interior temperature in a hemisphere if the curved surface is held at u=cosand the equatorial plane at u=1.

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Find the energy eigenvalues and Eigen functions for the hydrogen atom. The potential energy is V(r)=e2/r in Gaussian units, where is the charge of the electron and r is in spherical coordinates. Since V is a function of r only, you know from Problem 18 that the Eigen functions are R(r) times the spherical harmonics Ylm(,), so you only have to find R(r). Substitute V(r) into the R equation in Problem 18 and make the following simplifications: Let x=2r,y=rR; show that then

r=x2,鈥夆赌夆赌R(r)=2xy(x),鈥夆赌夆赌ddr=2ddx,鈥夆赌夆赌ddr(r2dRdr)=2xy''. Let 2=2ME/2(note that for a bound state, E is negative, so 2is positive) and =Me2/2, to get the first equation in Problem 22.26 of Chapter 12. Do this problem to find y(x) , and the result that is an integer, say n .[Caution: not the same n as in equation (22.26)]. Hence find the possible values of (these are the radii of the Bohr orbits), and the energy eigenvalues. You should have found proportional to n; let =na, where ais the value of when n = 1, that is, the radius of the first Bohr orbit. Write the solutions R(r) by substituting back y=rR, and x=2r/(na), and find Enfrom.

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Find the general solution for the steady-state temperature in Figure 2.2 if the boundary temperatures are the constants, etc.T=A,T=B, on the four sides, and the rectangle covers the area 0<x<a,0<y<b.

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The Klein-Gordon equation is 2u=(1/V2)2u/t2+2u. This equation is of interest in quantum mechanics, but it also has a simpler application. It describes, for example, the vibration of a stretched string which is embedded in an elastic medium. Separate the one-dimensional Klein-Gordon equation and find the characteristic frequencies of such a string.

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