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Homework Statement
Find a solution of $$\frac{1}{x^2}\frac{\partial u(x,y)}{\partial x}+\frac{1}{y^3}\frac{\partial u(x,y)}{\partial y}=0$$
Which satisfies the condition ##\frac{\partial u(x,y)}{\partial x}\big |_{y=0}=x^3## for all ##x##.
The Attempt at a Solution
I get the following general solution for the PDE:
$$u(x,y)=f(\frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{y^4}{4}):=f(z)$$
For some function f which satisfies the BC. I'm not too sure how to deal with this type of boundary condition. But here is an attempt:
##\partial_x u=\frac{\text{d}f}{\text{d}z}\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=\frac{\text{d}f}{\text{d}z} x^2##. Thus ##\frac{\text{d}f}{\text{d}z} x^2=x^3\implies \frac{\text{d}f}{\text{d}z} =x\implies f(z)=zx##
At ##y=0,~ z=\frac{x^3}{3}\implies x=(3z)^{\frac{1}{3}}##. So ##f(z)=(3z)^{\frac{1}{3}}z##, and changing variables back gives
##u(x,y)=(3(\frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{y^4}{4}))^{\frac{1}{3}}(\frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{y^4}{4})=3^{\frac{1}{3}}(\frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{y^4}{4})^{\frac{4}{3}}##
This is a solution to the PDE but doesn't satisfy the given boundary condition, it is out by a factor 3/4 and I'm not sure why.
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