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Past exam of the mathematical methods II course of the University of Oxford 2014 resit 10 c Solution by
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Fixed endpoints select the spatial normal modes , with angular frequencies . Zero initial velocity selects cosine time dependence. Matching the two nonzero initial amplitudes givesEach term separately satisfies the wave equation and fixed-end boundary conditions. At the prescribed profile is recovered, and differentiating in time gives zero initial velocity.
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