How to Solve a Second Order PDE in Mathematica?

[Sue Laplace]

Hello!
I am trying to solve the following second order PDE (copy that into mathematica):

\!\(
\*SubscriptBox[\(\[PartialD]\), \(x, t\)]\(\[Delta][x, t]\)\) + b \!\(
\*SubscriptBox[\(\[PartialD]\), \(t\)]\(\[Delta][x, t]\)\) + a \!\(
\*SubscriptBox[\(\[PartialD]\), \(\(x\)\(\ \)\)]\(\[Delta][x,
t]\)\) == 0

where a and b are (real) constants and x and t both run from 0 to infinity

My bc is \[Delta][0, t] == k, where k is any (real) constant.
My ic is \[Delta][x, 0] == 0.

(Obviously there is a slight ambiguity going on there at x=0 at t=0.)

Well.. I can't seem to do it using either DSOLVE or NDSOLVE

Thanks in advance for any help,
Sue

 

[NateD]

The following code should work for you:eqn = D[Δ[x, t], x, t] + b*D[Δ[x, t], t] + a*D[Δ[x, t], x] == 0;bc = Δ[0, t] == k;ic = Δ[x, 0] == 0;soln = DSolve[{eqn, bc, ic}, Δ[x, t], {x, t}]This will give you the solution for the equation.