A method for solving partial differential equations using differentiable trigonometric Fourier series (Q1097396)

A method for representing a function of two variables u(x,y), that is defined in the square \(\sigma =[0,\pi]\times [0,\pi]\), is presented in the form of a combination of polynomials and differentiable trigonometric series. Such a representation enables problems to be solved in which the unknown function is defined from partial differential equations and has some partial derivatives at the border of the square domain of higher order than the order of the equation. Expansion in a trigonometric series is carried out by a system of functions \(\{\) sin mx, \(m=1,2,3...\}\) that is full in [0,\(\pi\) ] and in a double series by a system of functions \(\{\) sin mx sin ny, \(m,n=1,2,3,...)\) that is full in \(\sigma\). For solving real problems, expansion by such a system of functions can be preferable to expansion by an ordinary trigonometric system of sines and cosines. Using the representation of a function of two variables referred to above the problem of the bending of an anisotropic plate with non- uniform boundary conditions is solved.