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sarahisme
Sep 29th, 2006, 06:11 PM
lol my head is about to explode! :P

i think this is similar to a previous question i asked but i can't quite get it none the less...

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7796/picture11gf9.png

now what i did was to following this :

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/951/picture12yv1.png

then using equations (31) & (32) from that i just plugged in the values and got:

u(x,t) = 1 for x > ct and u(x,t) = 0 for 0 < x < ct

how does this look to you intelligent mathematically inclined people? :S

Sarah :)

sarahisme
Oct 1st, 2006, 12:23 AM
but then how do you find a singularity when you have an answer of 1 and 0? :S

zaza
Oct 2nd, 2006, 03:19 PM
And what do you get when x = ct?


zaza

sarahisme
Oct 2nd, 2006, 09:18 PM
And what do you get when x = ct?


zaza


ah right, of course! :P thats where you get a singularity because you jump from 0 to 1!