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Homework Statement
Given the differential equation
[tex]u_{xx}+3u_{yy}-2u_{x}+24u_{y}+5u=0[/tex]
use the substitution of dependent variable
[tex]u=ve^{ \alpha x + \beta y}[/tex]
and a scaling change of variables
[tex]y'= \gamma y[/tex]
to reduce the differential equation to
[tex]v_{xx}+v_{yy}+cv=0[/tex]
Homework Equations
I have no idea
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried a direct substitution of both variables:
[tex]u_{x}=\alpha ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
[tex]u_{xx}=\alpha^{2}ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
[tex]u_{y}=\beta ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
[tex]u_{yy}=\beta^{2} ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
Plugging in this gives
[tex]\alpha^{2} ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}+3\beta^{2}ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}-2\alpha ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}+24\beta ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}+5ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
You can obviously factor out [itex]ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/itex], but that doesn't really do much for you. I also tried doing this with the y' substitution. It also occurred to me that since v is probably supposed to be understood as v(x,y), I tried this set of substitutions:
[tex]u_{x}=\alpha ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}+v_{x}e^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
[tex]u_{xx}=\alpha^{2} ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}+\alpha v_{x}e^{\alpha x+\beta y}+v_{xx}e^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
[tex]u_{x}=\beta ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}+v_{y}e^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
[tex]u_{xx}=\beta^{2} ve^{\alpha x+\beta y}+\beta v_{y}e^{\alpha x+\beta y}+v_{yy}e^{\alpha x+\beta y}[/tex]
None of these attempts gave me any insight into the problem.
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