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Which of the following is NOT a correct description of the sphere of radius in centered at the origin?
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Question 2
Which of the following functions DOES NOT have periodic boundary conditions on
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Question 3
Which of the following functions DOES NOT have periodic boundary conditions on ?
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Question 4
What minimal combination of the following three conditions ensures the solution of the Laplace equation on a bounded domain with piecewise smooth boundary must be identically 0 throughout the entire domain ?
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II.
III. , for all
Choose one answer.
a. I, II, and III
b. II only
c. Both I and III
d. Both II and III
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Question 5
Assume is a domain with piecewise smooth boundary, , and are continuous functions. Which of the following must be true of any function satisfying the nonhomogeneous Laplace equation ?
I. Either
for every ,
or
, for every ,
where are nonnegative functions and h is nontrivial.
II.
III.
Choose one answer.
a. Both I and II
b. III only
c. I, II, and III
d. I only
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Question 6
Let be a domain with piecewise smooth boundary and suppose that the continuously differentiable function satisfies the heat equation and is nontrivial on . Which of the following conditions might be true?
I. , for all .
II. , where is not identically zero on .
III. , for all .
Choose one answer.
a. I or II
b. I or III
c. II or III
d. I, II, or III
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Question 7
Which of the following is an orthonormal set of vectors in?
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Question 8
Let be a continuous function. Which of the following is the norm of ?
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Question 9
Which of the following function is NOT in ?
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Question 10
Which of the following statements, if any, are false?
I. , where the inner product is for the space .
II. is an orthonormal set of functions in .
III. is an orthogonal set of functions in .
Choose one answer.
a. Both I and III
b. Both II and III
c. III only
d. II only
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Question 11
Which of the following statements guarantees that in , where ?
Choose one answer.
a. in ?.
b. converges pointwise to .
c. is uniformly bounded on .
d. .
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Question 12
Fill in the blank. If and , then _____.
Choose one answer.
a. -12
b.
c.
d.
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Question 13
Suppose is a sequence of real-valued functions in and that is a given function. Which of the following statements must be true?
I. uniformly on .
II. is a continuous function.
III. in .
Choose one answer.
a. Both I and II
b. Both I and III
c. Both II and III
d. I, II, and III
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Question 14
Which of these statements, if any, is true?
I. , where is a positive constant, belongs to , for any choice of .
II. If in , then is continuous on .
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. II only
c. Both I and II
d. Neither I nor II
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Question 15
Define by

Which of the following is equal to ?
Choose one answer.
a. 81
b. -2
c. 0
d. 1
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Question 16
Which of the following statements is true?
I. If is uniformly convergent on , then is convergent in the sense of .
II. If is convergent in the sense of , then is pointwise convergent on .
III. If is pointwise convergent on , then is convergent in the sense of .
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. I and III only
d. I, II, and III
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Question 17
Suppose that is an orthogonal basis for . Which of the following statements is false? (In what follows, stands for the inner product on and is the standard norm.)
Choose one answer.
a. , for all .
b. , for all , and for all .
c. For all , .
d. .
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Question 18
Suppose that is an orthonormal basis for . Which of the following statements is true? (In what follows, stands for the inner product on and is the standard norm.)
I. for any .
II. , for all .
III.
Choose one answer.
a. I, II, and III
b. I and II only
c. I and III only
d. II and III only
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Question 19
Complete the following statement. A linear operator is self-adjoint, if and only if is:
Choose one answer.
a. bounded.
b. symmetric.
c. continuous.
d. normal.
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Question 20
If is the Fourier sine series of on , which of the following statements must be true?
I. The graphs of better approximate the function at points of continuity in as gets larger.
II. , for any .
III. , for any .
Choose one answer.
a. I, II, and III
b. I and II only
c. II and III only
d. I only
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Question 21
Which of the following statements is false?
Choose one answer.
a. Every function f in has a unique Fourier representation on .
b. There is a piecewise continuous function defined on that does not have a unique Fourier representation.
c. , where the norm is taken in the sense of .
d. If , then the Fourier sine series representation of converges pointwise to .
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Question 22
If is the Fourier cosine series representation for on , then _________.
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b.
c.
d.
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Question 23
Which of the following is true concerning the vector field defined by ?
Choose one answer.
a. , for some .
b. is orthogonal to the vector , for all .
c. has a positive divergence at every point .
d. is a conservative vector field.
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Question 24
Suppose that

Which of the following is a correct characterization of the Fourier cosine series of at ?
Choose one answer.
a. It is not defined, because of the discontinuity of at .
b. It converges to , because .
c. It converges to .
d. It does not converge because of the jump discontinuity.
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Question 25
If is the Fourier sine series for on , which of the following is true?
I.
II.
Choose one answer.
a. Neither I nor II
b. I only
c. II only
d. Both I and II
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Question 26
Which of the following statements is true?
I. The Fourier sine series of on is simply .
II. The Fourier cosine series of on is simply .
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. II only
c. Neither I nor II
d. Both I and II
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Question 27
Which of these formulas is equal to , where ?
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Question 28
Which of the following is an accurately-stated consequence of Gibb's phenomenon for a function ?
Choose one answer.
a. The Fourier cosine series of on does not converge to at .
b. The Fourier sine series of is undefined at points of jump discontinuity of in .
c. The Fourier sine series of does not converge to when is continuous at but has a sharp corner there.
d. The Fourier cosine series of does not converge uniformly to on .
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Question 29
Suppose the real Fourier series for on is given by
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Which of the following statements is false?
I. If , then this series converges pointwise on .
II.
III. If , for any , then is an even function.
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and III only
d. II and III only
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Question 30
Suppose is the complex Fourier series representation of on , and assume that . Which of the following is false?
Choose one answer.
a. , for any
b. for any
c.
d.
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Question 31
Assume that the Fourier sine series representation of is . Which of the following is the unique solution of the one dimensional heat equation on coupled with homogenous Dirichlet boundary conditions and initial condition ?
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d.
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Question 32
Assume that the Fourier sine series representation of f is . Which of the following is the unique solution of the one dimensional heat equation on coupled with homogenous Neumann boundary conditions and initial condition ?
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Question 33
Let be defined by . Which of the following is the Fourier transform of ?
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Question 34
Which of the following functions is harmonic in ?
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Question 35
Suppose f and g are continuous and absolutely integrable on . Which of the following statements is true?
I.
II. if and only if .
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a. I only
b. II only
c. Neither I nor II
d. Both I and II
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Question 36
Suppose and its Fourier transform also belongs to . Which of the following need NOT hold?
Choose one answer.
a. is continuous on .
b. is differentiable on .
c. , for every .
d. .
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Question 37
Suppose and denote its Fourier transform by . Which of the following statements are true?
I. is continuous on .
II. is bounded on .
III. .
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. I and III only
c. II and III only
d. I, II, and III
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Question 38
Suppose and , and denote their Fourier transforms by and, respectively. Which of the following are accurate statements concerning the convolution?
I. If then .
II.
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. II only
c. Neither I nor II
d. Both I and II
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Question 39
Fill in the blank. Suppose that and define a function by . Denote their Fourier transforms by and , respectively. For any _______.
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Question 40
Fill in the blank. Suppose that and define a function by . Denote their Fourier transforms by and , respectively. Then, _________.
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Question 41
Fill in the blank. Suppose that and define a function by . Denote their Fourier transforms by and , respectively. Then, __________.
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Question 42
Let be a function. Which of the following descriptive statements regarding its Fourier transform are correct?
I. The Fourier transform converts differentiation in into multiplication in .
II. The smoothness of is closely related to the asymptotic decay rate of its Fourier transform ?
III. The asymptotic decay rate of determines the smoothness of its Fourier transform.
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. I and III only
d. I, II, and III
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Question 43
Which of the following is the Fourier transform of?
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Question 44
Which of the following is NOT equal to the Gauss-Weierstrass kernel ?
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a.
b. , where is the Fourier transform of .
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d.
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Question 45
Define the operator .
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the operator ?
Choose one answer.
a.
b. , for all . (Here, T stands for transpose.)
c. does not contain the origin . (Here, T stands for transpose.)
d. is a linear operator.
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Question 46
Let and be the Gauss-Weierstrass kernel. Consider the one dimensional heat equation on coupled with the initial condition . Which of the following is the unique solution of this IVP?
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d.
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Question 47
Suppose that and denote their Fourier transforms by and , respectively. Which of the following is the unique solution of the one dimensional wave equation coupled with the initial conditions ?
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Question 48
Suppose that is a function of three variables, , and . Which of the following is the spherical average of at of radius ? (Here, .)
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Question 49
Let denote the spherical average of at of radius and let . Which of the following is the unique solution of the three-dimensional wave equation coupled with the initial conditions ?
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Question 50
Assume that with Fourier transform . Which of the following is the unique solution of the two-dimensional Laplace equation , where coupled with the boundary condition ?
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Question 51
Let with Fourier cosine transform and Fourier sine transform . Which of the following is the unique solution of the one dimensional heat equation coupled with the initial condition and boundary condition ?
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Question 52
Suppose is a domain and is a nonconstant harmonic function. Which of these is true?
I. on .
II. has no maximal points on the boundary of .
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. II only
c. Neither I nor II
d. Both I and II
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Question 53
Which of the following is the d'Alembert solution of the one-dimensional wave equation coupled with the initial conditions and ?
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Question 54
Let denote the Fourier transform of . Which of the following is false?
Choose one answer.
a.
b. The inverse Fourier transform of is .
c.
d.
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Question 55
Let denote the Fourier transform of . Which of the following is false?
I.
II.
III.
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. III only
c. I and II only
d. II and III only
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Question 56
Which of the following statements is true?
Choose one answer.
a. The sum of two solutions of the PDE is also a solution.
b. The PDE is homogeneous.
c. The 3-dimensional Laplace equation is a nonlinear elliptic PDE.
d. The Fokker-Plank equation is nonhomogeneous, where .
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Question 57
Let and denote the Fourier sine and cosine transforms of , respectively. Which of the following holds?
I.
II.
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. II only
c. Both I and II
d. Neither I nor II
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Question 58
Which of the following PDEs are NOT evolution equations?
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II.
III.
Choose one answer.
a. Both II and III
b. Both I and III
c. I, II, and III
d. I only
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Question 59
Assume represents the temperature along a thin wire at position x at time t, where and . Which of the following statements is false when viewed as a condition coupled with the heat equation ?
Choose one answer.
a. , where stands for the outward normal derivative, is a Neumann boundary condition.
b. are homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions.
c. are initial conditions.
d. is a periodic initial condition.
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Question 60
Which of the following statements is an accurate physical interpretation of a homogeneous Neumann boundary condition in the context of the heat equation?
Choose one answer.
a. The boundary is an imperfect conductor.
b. The boundary is a permeable barrier to the flow of heat.
c. No heat is crossing the boundary.
d. The speed and direction of heat flow through the left boundary are positive.
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Question 61
Solve the following initial-value problem using the method of characteristics:
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Question 62
Solve the following initial-value problem using the method of characteristics:
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Question 63
Solve the following initial-boundary value problem:
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Question 64
Solve the following boundary value problem:
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Question 65
Determine the Fourier series representation for on .
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Question 66
Determine the Fourier series representation for .
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Question 67
Consider the Laplace equation on a circle of radius a given by

Which of the following system of ODEs in and arises as part of the solution process when using separation of variables?
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c.
d.
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Question 68
Solve the following initial-value problem.
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Question 69
Solve the following boundary-value problem.
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b.
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d.
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Question 70
Let denote the Dirac delta function concentrated at . How many of the following statements are true?
I.
II.
III. , for all functions
IV. , where is the Heaviside function
V. , where is a real constant
Choose one answer.
a. 0
b. 1
c. 3
d. 4
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Question 71
Consider the following initial-boundary value problem:

Which of the following statements is true regarding the solution u of this IBVP?
I. for all such that
II. for all such that
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. II only
c. Both I and II
d. Neither I nor II
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Question 72
Consider the following initial-boundary value problem:

Which of the following statements is true regarding the solution u of this IBVP?
I. for all such that
II. for all such that
Choose one answer.
a. I only
b. II only
c. Both I and II
d. Neither I nor II
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