Heat equation with a Fourier Series on an infinitely long rod

[nyt]

Homework Statement

The heat equation for an infinitely long rod is shown as:

<br /> \alpha^2 \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}u(x,t) = \frac{\partial}{\partial t}u(x,t) <br />

<br /> u(0,t) = u(L,t) = 0,\ \forall \ t &gt; 0<br />

<br /> u(x,0) = sin(\pi x) \ \forall \ 1 &lt; x &lt; 2<br />
<br /> u(x,0) = 0\ \forall \ otherwise<br />

<br /> \alpha^2 = 0.1<br />2. The attempt at a solution

I know that the solution of this problem is a Fourier sine series:

u(x,t)= sum (n=0 to infinity) B_n * sin ((n pi x)/L)

However, I am having problem trying to determine the coefficient Bn:

<br /> B_n = \frac{2}{L}\int_{0}^{L} sin(\pi x) sin(\frac{n \pi x}{L}) dx <br />

Since the function u(x,0)= sin(pi x) for 10<x<11 I'm not sure if I should approach this as:
<br /> B_n = \frac{2}{L}\int_{1}^{2} sin(\pi x) sin(\frac{n \pi x}{L}) dx<br />
where L is a large number

OR

<br /> B_n = \frac{2}{2}\int_{1}^{2} sin(\pi x) sin(\frac{n \pi x}{2}) dx<br />Do I go ahead with the second one and ignore that the rod is infinitely long since u(x,0) = 0 for all other values or is this a mistake?

I apologise that some of the equations of the post look like this but I couldn't get my tex brackets to work.

 

[nyt]

I believe I've figured this out.

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Thanks.

 

[justiz1]

nyt,

im working on the same problem but I am not having much success, i was wonder how u solved the problem

 

[Je m'appelle]

nyt,

im working on the same problem but I am not having much success, i was wonder how u solved the problem

What is your struggle exactly?