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mimsy57
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Homework Statement
The original problem is to solve u_t=u_xx+x with u(x,0)=0 and u(0,t)=0 by assuming there is a solution t^a*u(r), where r=x/t^b and a,b are constants
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
This is a long problem, so I'm not writing everything. Following the above, I have solved for a,b etc and reduced to the following problem, which is where I am stuck:
u''+r/2u'-3/2u=r
So my question is about what methods there are to solve this since it has non-constant coefficients, and I don't think I can use Laplace since I don't know u'(0). Does anyone know any other methods I could apply?
Thanks!