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This lecture starts off with Example 15.4 from the notes, where we look to solve ut=uxxu(0,t)=2,u(π,t)=1u(x,0)=0.
We show that the solution is given by u(x,t)=U(x)+∞∑n=1Bnsin(nx)e−n2t where we have found the steady-state solution U(x)=2−xπ, as well as the coefficients $$ B_n = \frac{2}{n\pi}[(-1)^n - 2].