More on Separation of Variables
If you need more help to see how this works, read the discussion of the
vibrating string in any elementary text on Partial Differential Equations.
The Dover edition of Farlow's Partial Differential Equations for
Scientists and Engineers [FS]
has all the details worked out in Lesson 20.
Communications in Visual Mathematics, vol 1, no 1, August 1998.
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