 Central zero region for odd compactly supported initial velocity (source code)

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= Central zero region for odd compactly supported initial velocity

If $u(x,0)=0$, $u_t(x,0)=g(x)$, and the odd function $g$ is supported on $[-a,a]$, then
$$
u(x,t)=0
\qquad\text{whenever }t>a\text{ and }|x|\leq t-a.
$$
The interval $[x-t,x+t]$ then contains the entire support, whose integral vanishes by oddness.

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