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Part BCSIR NET June 2024transport-only-translates

Transport only translates

Let u = u(x, t) be the solution of the following initial value problem: for , and for , where is an arbitrary function. Consider the following statements: : If {} and || denotes the Lebesgue measure of for every t ≥ 0, then || = ||, : If is Lebesgue integrable, then for every t > 0, the function x ↦ u(x, t) is Lebesgue integrable. Then

  1. A.both and are true
  2. B. is true but is false
  3. C. is true but is false
  4. D.both and 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.

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Related counterexample: A first-order quasilinear Cauchy problem with smooth data has a global smooth solution

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The chapter behind this: First-order PDE: characteristics, Lagrange and Charpit — free to read

From Partial Differential EquationsFirst-order PDE: Lagrange, Charpit, characteristics

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