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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 starts flat, u(x,0)=0u(x,0) = 0, and is given the uniform velocity ut(x,0)=1u_t(x,0) = 1. Find the largest displacement ever reached at the point x=π4x = \dfrac{\pi}{4}, that is, max⁡t≥0u ⁣(π4,t)\displaystyle\max_{t\ge0}u\!\left(\dfrac\pi4, t\right).