Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 4 40E b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
Expand in the two-dimensional Fourier basis. Applying the derivative and product rules from part (a), the coefficient of the equation isThe normalization and compatibility conditions areThus, on , the infinite Fourier spectral method system isFor a square spectral truncation, chooseretain equations and unknowns indexed by , and set omitted coefficients to zero. This is the Fourier–Galerkin method: it projects the residual onto the retained Fourier modes. Other finite mode sets may be used in the same way.