2.8.2 \(u_{xx} + x u_{yy} = 0\)

problem number 100

Added June 20, 2019

Taken from http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/chengq/outreach/The%20Tricomi%20Equation.pdf

Solve for \(u(x,y)\) \[ u_{xx} + x u_{yy} = 0 \]

Mathematica

ClearAll["Global`*"]; 
pde =  D[u[x, y], {x, 2}] + x*D[u[x, y], {y, 2}] == 0; 
sol =  AbsoluteTiming[TimeConstrained[DSolve[pde, u[x, y], {x, y}], 60*10]];
 

Failed

Maple

restart; 
pde := diff(u(x,y),x$2)+ x*diff(u(x,y),y$2)=0; 
cpu_time := timelimit(60*10,CodeTools[Usage](assign('sol',pdsolve(pde,u(x,y),'build')),output='realtime'));
 

\[u \left ( x,y \right ) = \left ( {\it \_C1}\,\AiryAi \left ( -\sqrt [3]{-{\it \_c}_{{1}}}x \right ) +{\it \_C2}\,\AiryBi \left ( -\sqrt [3]{-{\it \_c}_{{1}}}x \right ) \right ) \left ( {\it \_C3}\,\sin \left ( \sqrt {{\it \_c}_{{1}}}y \right ) +{\it \_C4}\,\cos \left ( \sqrt {{\it \_c}_{{1}}}y \right ) \right ) \]