PDE's, the wave equation, and separation of variables
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: PDE's, the wave equation, and separation of variables
- From: prange%ironwood at yoda.physics.unc.edu (Michael Prange)
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 92 08:59:06 EST
Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1992 00:33 EDT Date: Wed, 29 Jan 92 13:17:48 MST From: alex at fff.chem.utah.edu (Alex Dommasch) Resent-To: PRANGE at ash.sdr.slb.com X-Vms-To: IN%"mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu" Has anyone in this group used Mathematica to solve partial dif.eq's via separation of variables? I took the obvious first step of defining my function as a product of three terms, each a function of one space variable. Is there any way to tell mathematica that certain variables are completely independant, so that it will separate them? Thanks for any ideas. Alex alex at fff.chem.utah.edu (Alex Dommasch) Please let me know what you discover. Michael prange at sdr.slb.com