Existence of solutions for one-dimensional wave equations with nonlocal conditions (Q2761584)

The author of this paper studies an initial boundary value problem for one-dimensional wave equation, \(U\equiv U_{tt}-U_{xx}=F(x,t)\), \(U(x,0)=\Phi (x)\), \(U_t(x,0)=\Psi (x)\) (initial data), \(U(0,t)=0\) (Dirichlet boundary condition) with a nonlocal integral condition \(\int_0^lU(x,t) dx=0\), where \(\Psi \in C[0,l]\cap C^2(0,l)\), \(\Psi \in C[0,l]\cap C^1(0,l)\) and the compatibility conditions \(\Phi (0)\), \(\Psi (0)=0\), \(\int_0^l\Phi (x) dx=\int_0^l\Psi (x) dx=0\). The existence and uniqueness of classical solutions and their Fourier representation is proved. Here the author makes use of a basis that consists of a system of eigenfunctions and adjoint functions.