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Boundary Values & Fourier Series · Challenge problem

A string 0≤x≤π0 \le x \le \pi with fixed ends obeys utt=uxxu_{tt} = u_{xx}. It is plucked into the triangle u(x,0)=2xπu(x, 0) = \dfrac{2x}{\pi} for 0≤x≤π20 \le x \le \dfrac\pi2, u(x,0)=2(π−x)πu(x, 0) = \dfrac{2(\pi - x)}{\pi} for π2≤x≤π\dfrac\pi2 \le x \le \pi, and released from rest. Find u ⁣(π2,3π4)u\!\left(\dfrac\pi2, \dfrac{3\pi}{4}\right).