Consider the initial-boundary value problem
∂t∂u=∂x2∂2u,0<x<∞,t>0u(x,0)=xe−x,0⩽x<∞u(0,t)=sint,t⩾0
where u vanishes sufficiently fast for all t as x→∞.
(i) Express the solution as an integral (which you should not evaluate) in the complex k-plane
(ii) Explain how to use appropriate contour deformation so that the relevant integrand decays exponentially as ∣k∣→∞.