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T-9 · Partial differential equations

Heat, waves and equilibrium.

The three classical equations, each solved twice. Heat is summed from its Fourier modes and stepped on a grid that turns unstable at a sharp limit. A plucked string splits into two travelling halves, and at Courant number 1 the grid reproduces them to the last digit. Laplace's equation relaxes to its answer at a rate the spectrum predicts.

π/2π−0.20.20.40.60.811.2xuexact: Σ bₙ e^(−n²t) sin nxFTCS, 12 stepsinitial temperatureTEKNE · T-9 PDE · HEATu_t = u_xx · u = 0 AT BOTH ENDS · t = 0.05FTCS · 30 POINTS · r = Δt/Δx² = 0.4