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Applied Partial Differential Equations (Richard Heberman) 4ed.
#12.3.6
Consider the three dimensional wave equation
[tex]\partial^{2}u/\partial t^2 = c^2\nabla^2 u[/tex]
Assume the solution is spherically symetric, so that
[tex]\nabla^2 u = (1/\rho^2)(\partial/\partial\rho)(\rho^2\partial u/\partial\rho) [/tex]
(a) Make the transformation [tex]u = (1/\rho)w(\rho,t)[/tex] and verify that
[tex] \partial^2w/\partial t^2 = c^2(\partial^2w/\partial \rho^2)[/tex]
(b) Show that the most general sphereically symmetric solution of the wave equation consists of the sum of two sphereically symmetric waves, one moving outward at speed c and the other inward at speed c. Note the decay of the amplitude.
Attempts
I really have no idea how to do this. Any and all help (hopefully oriented to the level of someone not all that comfortable with PDEs) would be greatly appreciated.
Applied Partial Differential Equations (Richard Heberman) 4ed.
#12.3.6
Consider the three dimensional wave equation
[tex]\partial^{2}u/\partial t^2 = c^2\nabla^2 u[/tex]
Assume the solution is spherically symetric, so that
[tex]\nabla^2 u = (1/\rho^2)(\partial/\partial\rho)(\rho^2\partial u/\partial\rho) [/tex]
(a) Make the transformation [tex]u = (1/\rho)w(\rho,t)[/tex] and verify that
[tex] \partial^2w/\partial t^2 = c^2(\partial^2w/\partial \rho^2)[/tex]
(b) Show that the most general sphereically symmetric solution of the wave equation consists of the sum of two sphereically symmetric waves, one moving outward at speed c and the other inward at speed c. Note the decay of the amplitude.
Attempts
I really have no idea how to do this. Any and all help (hopefully oriented to the level of someone not all that comfortable with PDEs) would be greatly appreciated.