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Boundary Values & Fourier Series · Challenge problem

A rod 0≤x≤π0 \le x \le \pi obeys ut=uxxu_t = u_{xx} with both ends held at 00 and starts at u(x,0)=sin⁡x+sin⁡2xu(x, 0) = \sin x + \sin 2x. At first the hottest point of the rod lies left of x=π3x = \dfrac\pi3, and as the rod cools it drifts toward the middle. At what time tt is the hottest point exactly at x=π3x = \dfrac\pi3?