Sturm-Liouville: Expansion in Eigenfunctions
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Consider the eigenvalue problem
y" + lambda^2 * y = 0
With the boundary conditions:
y(0) = y'(1)=0
1. Determine the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues.
2. show that the eigenfunctions are orthogonal.
3. Show how to expand a smooth function in terms of the eigenfunctions.
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The six page document gives a step by step solution to the harmonic equation and shows how to expand any function using the eigen functions.
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The equation
Is the simple harmonic equation.
Its solutions are:
And the ...
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