 Failure of the weak maximum principle with a positive zeroth-order coefficient (source code)

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= Failure of the weak maximum principle with a positive zeroth-order coefficient

A positive zeroth-order coefficient can destroy the weak maximum principle. On $(0,1)$, the function $u(x)=\sin(\pi x)$ has zero boundary values and a positive interior maximum, but
$$
u''+\pi^2u=0.
$$

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