MHB Solving a Difficult DE with TI-NSPIRE: Is it True?

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The discussion revolves around whether the function \( u = \left(\pi/t\right)^{1/2} e^{-x^2/(4a^2 t)} \) is a solution to the differential equation \( a^2 u_{xx} = u_t \). Users noted that calculating the second derivative \( u_{xx} \) and the time derivative \( u_t \) with the TI-Nspire resulted in complex expressions, leading to doubts about the validity of the differential equation. The computed \( u_{xx} \) was presented, but it appeared complicated and did not align with expectations. Overall, the consensus leans towards the belief that the differential equation may not hold true for the given function. The discussion highlights the challenges of verifying solutions to differential equations using computational tools.
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Given
$${a}^{2}{u}_{xx}={u}_{t}$$
Is
$$u=\left(\pi/t\right)^{1/2}e^{{-x^2 }/{4a^2 t}}, \ \ t>0 $$
A solution to the differential equation

$${u}_{xx }$$
Was kinda hard to get, the TI-NSPIRE returned a very complicated answer
and it doesn't look like the differential equation is true
 
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karush said:
Given
$${a}^{2}{u}_{xx}={u}_{t}$$
Is
$$u=\left(\pi/t\right)^{1/2}e^{{-x^2 }/{4a^2 t}}, \ \ t>0 $$
A solution to the differential equation

$${u}_{xx }$$
Was kinda hard to get, the TI-NSPIRE returned a very complicated answer
and it doesn't look like the differential equation is true

Well if $\displaystyle \begin{align*} u = \left( \pi\,t \right) ^{\frac{1}{2}}\,\mathrm{e}^{-\frac{x^2}{4\,a^2\,t}} \end{align*}$? then what is $\displaystyle \begin{align*} u_t \end{align*}$? What is $\displaystyle \begin{align*} u_{x\,x} \end{align*}$? Is the DE true in this case?
 
$${u}_{xx}=\d{^2 }{x^2 }\left(u\right)=
\left(\frac{{x}^{2}\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{t}}}{4 a^4 t^2 }
-\frac{\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{t}}}{2{a}^{2}t} \right)
\cdot e^{\frac{x^2 }{4{a}^{2}t}}$$

This is what the TI-Nspire returned for $U_{xx}$
$u_t$ looked more complicated and was very different so assume DE is not true

I like to see how these derivatives were derived but that a ton of latex
 

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