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Boundary Values & Fourier Series · Superchallenge problem

A string 0≤x≤π0 \le x \le \pi with fixed ends obeys utt=uxxu_{tt} = u_{xx}. It is plucked at its midpoint into the triangle of height 11 (u(x,0)=2xπu(x,0) = \dfrac{2x}{\pi} on [0,π2]\left[0, \dfrac\pi2\right], 2(π−x)π\dfrac{2(\pi - x)}{\pi} on [π2,π]\left[\dfrac\pi2, \pi\right]) and released from rest. The energy 12∫0π(ut2+ux2) dx\dfrac12\displaystyle\int_0^\pi(u_t^2 + u_x^2)\,dx splits among the normal modes. What fraction of it is carried by the fundamental mode sin⁡xcos⁡t\sin x\cos t?