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Part CCSIR NET June 2024neumann-data-must-integrate-to-zero

Neumann data must integrate to zero

Let B(0,2) = {(x,y)∈R2:x2+y2<4(x, y) \in \mathbb{R}^{2} : x^{2} + y^{2} < 4}, and ∂B\partial{}B denote the boundary of B(0,2). Assume (α,β)≠(0,0),k∈R(\alpha, \beta) \ne (0,0), k \in \mathbb{R}, and u is any solution to −Δu=0-\Delta{}u = 0 in B(0,2),αu(x,y)+β(∂u/∂ν)(x,y)=1+(x2+y2)kB(0,2), \alpha{}u(x, y) + \beta(\partial{}u/\partial\nu)(x, y) = 1 + (x^{2} + y^{2})k on ∂B\partial{}B, where ν(x,y)\nu(x, y) is the unit outward normal to B(0,2) at (x,y)∈∂B(x, y) \in \partial{}B. Consider the following statements: S1S_{1}: If β=0\beta = 0, then there exists a(x0,y0)∈B(0,2)a (x_{0}, y_{0}) \in B(0,2) such that |u(x0,y0)u(x_{0}, y_{0})| = |1 + 4k|/|α\alpha|. S2S_{2}: If α=0\alpha = 0, then k = −1/4. Then

  1. A.S1S_{1} is true but S2S_{2} is false
  2. B.S2S_{2} is true but S1S_{1} is false
  3. C.both S1S_{1} and S2S_{2} are true✓ Correct
  4. D.both S1S_{1} and S2S_{2} are false

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward, and why this one tests existence vs uniqueness.

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50 are analysed free — try those first.

The trap it tests

Existence vs uniqueness

A theorem giving one was read as giving both.

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