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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2006 Paper 1 12 b Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-20
The zero values at select , and the zero value at selects . Expanding the constant upper-edge value as a Fourier sine series gives coefficients . The resulting harmonic function in a rectangle with one constant boundary value isEach term satisfies Laplace's equation and the three zero boundary values. At , the series equals for . On compact subsets of the interior it and its derivatives converge exponentially, which justifies the termwise equation.
For , the top-corner boundary prescriptions conflict: a corner cannot be both zero on a vertical edge and on the upper edge. The bounded interior solution has the specified limits along the open sides; it has no single continuous extension at those two corners. Values assigned only at the isolated corners do not change the interior solution.
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