Re: solve this equation?
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- Subject: [mg7200] Re: solve this equation?
- From: Wilson Figueroa <wfigueroa at GI.COM>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 02:30:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
There is a problem with your solution. Check the basic math once more. Eugene Lee <elee at aw.sgi.com> wrote in article <5k6g77$5bf$1 at dragonfly.wolfram.com>... > Hong-liang Xie wrote: > > > > Can Mathematica be used to handle equations as follows: > > > > u[x] = 0.5 u[x-1] + 0.5 u[x+1] > > u[ 4] = 1 > > u[-4] = 0 > > > > and find result for, say, u[0]? Note that transforming > > the equation to > > > > 2u[x+1] = u[x] - u[x-1] > > > > doesn't help since the initial conditions are given on > > the points 4 and -4. > > > > Any hint would be appreciated. Thanks a lot! > > > > Hong > > You don't need Mathematica at all. The equation > u[x] = 0.5 u[x-1] + 0.5 u[x+1] > is satisfied by any linear function (ie, whose graph is a straight > line). The boungary conditions then fix the line, giving the solution as > u[x]=(x+4)/8 > > By the way, your transformed equation is written incorrectly.