Boundary conditions for wave fixed at one end

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For a string fixed at x=0 and free at x=l I know [tex]\frac{dy}{dx}(l,t)=0[/tex] (d's are meant to be partials) but what is the other boundary associated with the end of the string? Is the second derivative also equal to 0?
 
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[tex]\frac{\partial y(0,t)}{\partial x}=0[/tex] must also be true since it is fixed. Also [tex]\frac{\partial^2 y(0,t)}{\partial x^2}=0[/tex]