# Source code for sympy.solvers.pde

"""
This module contains pdsolve() and different helper functions that it
uses. It is heavily inspired by the ode module and hence the basic
infrastructure remains the same.

**Functions in this module**

These are the user functions in this module:

- pdsolve()     - Solves PDE's
- classify_pde() - Classifies PDEs into possible hints for dsolve().
- pde_separate() - Separate variables in partial differential equation either by

These are the helper functions in this module:

- pde_separate_mul() - Helper function for searching multiplicative
separable solutions.

**Currently implemented solver methods**

The following methods are implemented for solving partial differential
equations.  See the docstrings of the various pde_hint() functions for

- 1st order linear homogeneous partial differential equations
with constant coefficients.
- 1st order linear general partial differential equations
with constant coefficients.
- 1st order linear partial differential equations with
variable coefficients.

"""
from __future__ import print_function, division

from copy import deepcopy

from sympy.simplify import simplify
from sympy.core import Add, C, S, Mul, Pow, oo
from sympy.core.compatibility import (reduce, combinations_with_replacement,
is_sequence)
from sympy.core.function import (Function, Derivative,
expand, diff, AppliedUndef, Subs)
from sympy.core.numbers import Rational
from sympy.core.relational import Equality, Eq
from sympy.core.symbol import Symbol, Wild, Dummy, symbols
from sympy.functions import exp
from sympy.utilities.iterables import has_dups

from sympy.solvers.deutils import _preprocess, ode_order, _desolve
from sympy.solvers.solvers import solve
from sympy.simplify.simplify import collect
import operator

allhints = (
"1st_linear_constant_coeff_homogeneous",
"1st_linear_constant_coeff",
"1st_linear_constant_coeff_Integral",
"1st_linear_variable_coeff"
)

[docs]def pdsolve(eq, func=None, hint='default', dict=False, solvefun=None, **kwargs): """ Solves any (supported) kind of partial differential equation. **Usage** pdsolve(eq, f(x,y), hint) -> Solve partial differential equation eq for function f(x,y), using method hint. **Details** eq can be any supported partial differential equation (see the pde docstring for supported methods). This can either be an Equality, or an expression, which is assumed to be equal to 0. f(x,y) is a function of two variables whose derivatives in that variable make up the partial differential equation. In many cases it is not necessary to provide this; it will be autodetected (and an error raised if it couldn't be detected). hint is the solving method that you want pdsolve to use. Use classify_pde(eq, f(x,y)) to get all of the possible hints for a PDE. The default hint, 'default', will use whatever hint is returned first by classify_pde(). See Hints below for more options that you can use for hint. solvefun is the convention used for arbitrary functions returned by the PDE solver. If not set by the user, it is set by default to be F. **Hints** Aside from the various solving methods, there are also some meta-hints that you can pass to pdsolve(): "default": This uses whatever hint is returned first by classify_pde(). This is the default argument to pdsolve(). "all": To make pdsolve apply all relevant classification hints, use pdsolve(PDE, func, hint="all"). This will return a dictionary of hint:solution terms. If a hint causes pdsolve to raise the NotImplementedError, value of that hint's key will be the exception object raised. The dictionary will also include some special keys: - order: The order of the PDE. See also ode_order() in deutils.py - default: The solution that would be returned by default. This is the one produced by the hint that appears first in the tuple returned by classify_pde(). "all_Integral": This is the same as "all", except if a hint also has a corresponding "_Integral" hint, it only returns the "_Integral" hint. This is useful if "all" causes pdsolve() to hang because of a difficult or impossible integral. This meta-hint will also be much faster than "all", because integrate() is an expensive routine. See also the classify_pde() docstring for more info on hints, and the pde docstring for a list of all supported hints. **Tips** - You can declare the derivative of an unknown function this way: >>> from sympy import Function, Derivative >>> from sympy.abc import x, y # x and y are the independent variables >>> f = Function("f")(x, y) # f is a function of x and y >>> # fx will be the partial derivative of f with respect to x >>> fx = Derivative(f, x) >>> # fy will be the partial derivative of f with respect to y >>> fy = Derivative(f, y) - See test_pde.py for many tests, which serves also as a set of examples for how to use pdsolve(). - pdsolve always returns an Equality class (except for the case when the hint is "all" or "all_Integral"). Note that it is not possible to get an explicit solution for f(x, y) as in the case of ODE's - Do help(pde.pde_hintname) to get help more information on a specific hint Examples ======== >>> from sympy.solvers.pde import pdsolve >>> from sympy import Function, diff, Eq >>> from sympy.abc import x, y >>> f = Function('f') >>> u = f(x, y) >>> ux = u.diff(x) >>> uy = u.diff(y) >>> eq = Eq(1 + (2*(ux/u)) + (3*(uy/u))) >>> pdsolve(eq) f(x, y) == F(3*x - 2*y)*exp(-2*x/13 - 3*y/13) """ given_hint = hint # hint given by the user. if not solvefun: solvefun = Function('F') # See the docstring of _desolve for more details. hints = _desolve(eq, func=func, hint=hint, simplify=True, type='pde', **kwargs) eq = hints.pop('eq', False) all_ = hints.pop('all', False) if all_: # TODO : 'best' hint should be implemented when adequate # number of hints are added. pdedict = {} failed_hints = {} gethints = classify_pde(eq, dict=True) pdedict.update({'order': gethints['order'], 'default': gethints['default']}) for hint in hints: try: rv = _helper_simplify(eq, hint, hints[hint]['func'], hints[hint]['order'], hints[hint][hint], solvefun) except NotImplementedError as detail: failed_hints[hint] = detail else: pdedict[hint] = rv pdedict.update(failed_hints) return pdedict else: return _helper_simplify(eq, hints['hint'], hints['func'], hints['order'], hints[hints['hint']], solvefun)
def _helper_simplify(eq, hint, func, order, match, solvefun): """Helper function of pdsolve that calls the respective pde functions to solve for the partial differential equations. This minimises the computation in calling _desolve multiple times. """ if hint.endswith("_Integral"): solvefunc = globals()[ "pde_" + hint[:-len("_Integral")]] else: solvefunc = globals()["pde_" + hint] return _handle_Integral(solvefunc(eq, func, order, match, solvefun), func, order, hint) def _handle_Integral(expr, func, order, hint): r""" Converts a solution with integrals in it into an actual solution. Simplifies the integral mainly using doit() """ if hint.endswith("_Integral"): return expr elif hint == "1st_linear_constant_coeff": return simplify(expr.doit()) else: return expr
[docs]def classify_pde(eq, func=None, dict=False, **kwargs): """ Returns a tuple of possible pdsolve() classifications for a PDE. The tuple is ordered so that first item is the classification that pdsolve() uses to solve the PDE by default. In general, classifications at the near the beginning of the list will produce better solutions faster than those near the end, thought there are always exceptions. To make pdsolve use a different classification, use pdsolve(PDE, func, hint=<classification>). See also the pdsolve() docstring for different meta-hints you can use. If dict is true, classify_pde() will return a dictionary of hint:match expression terms. This is intended for internal use by pdsolve(). Note that because dictionaries are ordered arbitrarily, this will most likely not be in the same order as the tuple. You can get help on different hints by doing help(pde.pde_hintname), where hintname is the name of the hint without "_Integral". See sympy.pde.allhints or the sympy.pde docstring for a list of all supported hints that can be returned from classify_pde. Examples ======== >>> from sympy.solvers.pde import classify_pde >>> from sympy import Function, diff, Eq >>> from sympy.abc import x, y >>> f = Function('f') >>> u = f(x, y) >>> ux = u.diff(x) >>> uy = u.diff(y) >>> eq = Eq(1 + (2*(ux/u)) + (3*(uy/u))) >>> classify_pde(eq) ('1st_linear_constant_coeff_homogeneous',) """ prep = kwargs.pop('prep', True) if func and len(func.args) != 2: raise NotImplementedError("Right now only partial " "differential equations of two variables are supported") if prep or func is None: prep, func_ = _preprocess(eq, func) if func is None: func = func_ if isinstance(eq, Equality): if eq.rhs != 0: return classify_pde(eq.lhs - eq.rhs, func) eq = eq.lhs f = func.func x = func.args[0] y = func.args[1] fx = f(x,y).diff(x) fy = f(x,y).diff(y) # TODO : For now pde.py uses support offered by the ode_order function # to find the order with respect to a multi-variable function. An # improvement could be to classify the order of the PDE on the basis of # individual variables. order = ode_order(eq, f(x,y)) # hint:matchdict or hint:(tuple of matchdicts) # Also will contain "default":<default hint> and "order":order items. matching_hints = {'order': order} if not order: if dict: matching_hints["default"] = None return matching_hints else: return () eq = expand(eq) a = Wild('a', exclude = [f(x,y)]) b = Wild('b', exclude = [f(x,y), fx, fy, x, y]) c = Wild('c', exclude = [f(x,y), fx, fy, x, y]) d = Wild('d', exclude = [f(x,y), fx, fy, x, y]) e = Wild('e', exclude = [f(x,y), fx, fy]) n = Wild('n', exclude = [x, y]) # Try removing the smallest power of f(x,y) # from the highest partial derivatives of f(x,y) reduced_eq = None if eq.is_Add: var = set(combinations_with_replacement((x,y), order)) dummyvar = deepcopy(var) power = None for i in var: coeff = eq.coeff(f(x,y).diff(*i)) if coeff != 1: match = coeff.match(a*f(x,y)**n) if match and match[a]: power = match[n] dummyvar.remove(i) break dummyvar.remove(i) for i in dummyvar: coeff = eq.coeff(f(x,y).diff(*i)) if coeff != 1: match = coeff.match(a*f(x,y)**n) if match and match[a] and match[n] < power: power = match[n] if power: den = f(x,y)**power reduced_eq = Add(*[arg/den for arg in eq.args]) if not reduced_eq: reduced_eq = eq if order == 1: reduced_eq = collect(reduced_eq, f(x, y)) r = reduced_eq.match(b*fx + c*fy + d*f(x,y) + e) if r: if not r[e]: ## Linear first-order homogeneous partial-differential ## equation with constant coefficients r.update({'b': b, 'c': c, 'd': d}) matching_hints["1st_linear_constant_coeff_homogeneous"] = r else: if r[b]**2 + r[c]**2 != 0: ## Linear first-order general partial-differential ## equation with constant coefficients r.update({'b': b, 'c': c, 'd': d, 'e': e}) matching_hints["1st_linear_constant_coeff"] = r matching_hints[ "1st_linear_constant_coeff_Integral"] = r else: b = Wild('b', exclude=[f(x, y), fx, fy]) c = Wild('c', exclude=[f(x, y), fx, fy]) d = Wild('d', exclude=[f(x, y), fx, fy]) r = reduced_eq.match(b*fx + c*fy + d*f(x,y) + e) if r: r.update({'b': b, 'c': c, 'd': d, 'e': e}) matching_hints["1st_linear_variable_coeff"] = r # Order keys based on allhints. retlist = [] for i in allhints: if i in matching_hints: retlist.append(i) if dict: # Dictionaries are ordered arbitrarily, so make note of which # hint would come first for pdsolve(). Use an ordered dict in Py 3. matching_hints["default"] = None matching_hints["ordered_hints"] = tuple(retlist) for i in allhints: if i in matching_hints: matching_hints["default"] = i break return matching_hints else: return tuple(retlist)
[docs]def checkpdesol(pde, sol, func=None, solve_for_func=True): """ Checks if the given solution satisfies the partial differential equation. pde is the partial differential equation which can be given in the form of an equation or an expression. sol is the solution for which the pde is to be checked. This can also be given in an equation or an expression form. If the function is not provided, the helper function _preprocess from deutils is used to identify the function. If a sequence of solutions is passed, the same sort of container will be used to return the result for each solution. The following methods are currently being implemented to check if the solution satisfies the PDE: 1. Directly substitute the solution in the PDE and check. If the solution hasn't been solved for f, then it will solve for f provided solve_for_func hasn't been set to False. If the solution satisfies the PDE, then a tuple (True, 0) is returned. Otherwise a tuple (False, expr) where expr is the value obtained after substituting the solution in the PDE. However if a known solution returns False, it may be due to the inability of doit() to simplify it to zero. Examples ======== >>> from sympy import Function, symbols, diff >>> from sympy.solvers.pde import checkpdesol, pdsolve >>> x, y = symbols('x y') >>> f = Function('f') >>> eq = 2*f(x,y) + 3*f(x,y).diff(x) + 4*f(x,y).diff(y) >>> sol = pdsolve(eq) >>> assert checkpdesol(eq, sol)[0] >>> eq = x*f(x,y) + f(x,y).diff(x) >>> checkpdesol(eq, sol) (False, (x*F(4*x - 3*y) - 6*F(4*x - 3*y)/25 + 4*Subs(Derivative(F(_xi_1), _xi_1), (_xi_1,), (4*x - 3*y,)))*exp(-6*x/25 - 8*y/25)) """ # Converting the pde into an equation if not isinstance(pde, Equality): pde = Eq(pde, 0) # If no function is given, try finding the function present. if func is None: try: _, func = _preprocess(pde.lhs) except ValueError: funcs = [s.atoms(AppliedUndef) for s in ( sol if is_sequence(sol, set) else [sol])] funcs = reduce(set.union, funcs, set()) if len(funcs) != 1: raise ValueError( 'must pass func arg to checkpdesol for this case.') func = funcs.pop() # If the given solution is in the form of a list or a set # then return a list or set of tuples. if is_sequence(sol, set): return type(sol)(map(lambda i: checkpdesol(pde, i, solve_for_func=solve_for_func), sol)) # Convert solution into an equation if not isinstance(sol, Equality): sol = Eq(func, sol) # Try solving for the function if solve_for_func and not (sol.lhs == func and not sol.rhs.has(func)) and not \ (sol.rhs == func and not sol.lhs.has(func)): try: solved = solve(sol, func) if not solved: raise NotImplementedError except NotImplementedError: pass else: if len(solved) == 1: result = checkpdesol(pde, Eq(func, solved[0]), order=order, solve_for_func=False) else: result = checkpdesol(pde, [Eq(func, t) for t in solved], order=order, solve_for_func=False) # The first method includes direct substitution of the solution in # the PDE and simplifying. pde = pde.lhs - pde.rhs if sol.lhs == func: s = pde.subs(func, sol.rhs).doit() elif sol.rhs == func: s = pde.subs(func, sol.lhs).doit() if s: ss = simplify(s) if ss: return False, ss else: return True, 0 else: return True, 0
[docs]def pde_1st_linear_constant_coeff_homogeneous(eq, func, order, match, solvefun): r""" Solves a first order linear homogeneous partial differential equation with constant coefficients. The general form of this partial differential equation is .. math:: a \frac{df(x,y)}{dx} + b \frac{df(x,y)}{dy} + c f(x,y) = 0 where a, b and c are constants. The general solution is of the form:: >>> from sympy.solvers import pdsolve >>> from sympy.abc import x, y, a, b, c >>> from sympy import Function, pprint >>> f = Function('f') >>> u = f(x,y) >>> ux = u.diff(x) >>> uy = u.diff(y) >>> genform = a*ux + b*uy + c*u >>> pprint(genform) d d a*--(f(x, y)) + b*--(f(x, y)) + c*f(x, y) dx dy >>> pprint(pdsolve(genform)) -c*(a*x + b*y) --------------- 2 2 a + b f(x, y) = F(-a*y + b*x)*e Examples ======== >>> from sympy.solvers.pde import ( ... pde_1st_linear_constant_coeff_homogeneous) >>> from sympy import pdsolve >>> from sympy import Function, diff, pprint >>> from sympy.abc import x,y >>> f = Function('f') >>> pdsolve(f(x,y) + f(x,y).diff(x) + f(x,y).diff(y)) f(x, y) == F(x - y)*exp(-x/2 - y/2) >>> pprint(pdsolve(f(x,y) + f(x,y).diff(x) + f(x,y).diff(y))) x y - - - - 2 2 f(x, y) = F(x - y)*e References ========== - Viktor Grigoryan, "Partial Differential Equations" Math 124A - Fall 2010, pp.7 """ # TODO : For now homogeneous first order linear PDE's having # two variables are implemented. Once there is support for # solving systems of ODE's, this can be extended to n variables. f = func.func x = func.args[0] y = func.args[1] b = match[match['b']] c = match[match['c']] d = match[match['d']] return Eq(f(x,y), exp(-S(d)/(b**2 + c**2)*(b*x + c*y))*solvefun(c*x - b*y))
[docs]def pde_1st_linear_constant_coeff(eq, func, order, match, solvefun): r""" Solves a first order linear partial differential equation with constant coefficients. The general form of this partial differential equation is .. math:: a \frac{df(x,y)}{dx} + b \frac{df(x,y)}{dy} + c f(x,y) = G(x,y) where a, b and c are constants and G(x, y) can be an arbitrary function in x and y. The general solution of the PDE is:: >>> from sympy.solvers import pdsolve >>> from sympy.abc import x, y, a, b, c >>> from sympy import Function, pprint >>> f = Function('f') >>> G = Function('G') >>> u = f(x,y) >>> ux = u.diff(x) >>> uy = u.diff(y) >>> genform = a*u + b*ux + c*uy - G(x,y) >>> pprint(genform) d d a*f(x, y) + b*--(f(x, y)) + c*--(f(x, y)) - G(x, y) dx dy >>> pprint(pdsolve(genform, hint='1st_linear_constant_coeff_Integral')) // b*x + c*y \ || / | || | | || | a*xi | || | ------- | || | 2 2 | || | /b*xi + c*eta -b*eta + c*xi\ b + c | || | G|------------, -------------|*e d(xi)| || | | 2 2 2 2 | | || | \ b + c b + c / | || | | || / | || | f(x, y) = ||F(eta) + -------------------------------------------------------|* || 2 2 | \\ b + c / <BLANKLINE> \| || || || || || || || || -a*xi || -------|| 2 2|| b + c || e || || /|eta=-b*y + c*x, xi=b*x + c*y Examples ======== >>> from sympy.solvers.pde import pdsolve >>> from sympy import Function, diff, pprint, exp >>> from sympy.abc import x,y >>> f = Function('f') >>> eq = -2*f(x,y).diff(x) + 4*f(x,y).diff(y) + 5*f(x,y) - exp(x + 3*y) >>> pdsolve(eq) f(x, y) == (F(4*x + 2*y) + exp(x/2 + 4*y)/15)*exp(x/2 - y) References ========== - Viktor Grigoryan, "Partial Differential Equations" Math 124A - Fall 2010, pp.7 """ # TODO : For now homogeneous first order linear PDE's having # two variables are implemented. Once there is support for # solving systems of ODE's, this can be extended to n variables. xi, eta = symbols("xi eta") f = func.func x = func.args[0] y = func.args[1] b = match[match['b']] c = match[match['c']] d = match[match['d']] e = -match[match['e']] expterm = exp(-S(d)/(b**2 + c**2)*xi) functerm = solvefun(eta) solvedict = solve((b*x + c*y - xi, c*x - b*y - eta), x, y) # Integral should remain as it is in terms of xi, # doit() should be done in _handle_Integral. genterm = (1/S(b**2 + c**2))*C.Integral( (1/expterm*e).subs(solvedict), (xi, b*x + c*y)) return Eq(f(x,y), Subs(expterm*(functerm + genterm), (eta, xi), (c*x - b*y, b*x + c*y)))
[docs]def pde_1st_linear_variable_coeff(eq, func, order, match, solvefun): r""" Solves a first order linear partial differential equation with variable coefficients. The general form of this partial differential equation is .. math:: a(x, y) \frac{df(x, y)}{dx} + a(x, y) \frac{df(x, y)}{dy} + c(x, y) f(x, y) - G(x, y) where a(x, y), b(x, y), c(x, y) and G(x, y) are arbitrary functions in x and y. This PDE is converted into an ODE by making the following transformation. 1] \xi as x 2] \eta as the constant in the solution to the differential equation \frac{dy}{dx} = -\frac{b}{a} Making the following substitutions reduces it to the linear ODE .. math:: a(\xi, \eta)\frac{du}{d\xi} + c(\xi, \eta)u - d(\xi, \eta) = 0 which can be solved using dsolve. The general form of this PDE is:: >>> from sympy.solvers.pde import pdsolve >>> from sympy.abc import x, y >>> from sympy import Function, pprint >>> a, b, c, G, f= [Function(i) for i in ['a', 'b', 'c', 'G', 'f']] >>> u = f(x,y) >>> ux = u.diff(x) >>> uy = u.diff(y) >>> genform = a(x, y)*u + b(x, y)*ux + c(x, y)*uy - G(x,y) >>> pprint(genform) d d -G(x, y) + a(x, y)*f(x, y) + b(x, y)*--(f(x, y)) + c(x, y)*--(f(x, y)) dx dy Examples ======== >>> from sympy.solvers.pde import pdsolve >>> from sympy import Function, diff, pprint, exp >>> from sympy.abc import x,y >>> f = Function('f') >>> eq = x*(u.diff(x)) - y*(u.diff(y)) + y**2*u - y**2 >>> pdsolve(eq) f(x, y) == F(x*y)*exp(y**2/2) + 1 References ========== - Viktor Grigoryan, "Partial Differential Equations" Math 124A - Fall 2010, pp.7 """ from sympy.integrals.integrals import integrate from sympy.solvers.ode import dsolve xi, eta = symbols("xi eta") f = func.func x = func.args[0] y = func.args[1] b = match[match['b']] c = match[match['c']] d = match[match['d']] e = -match[match['e']] if not d: # To deal with cases like b*ux = e or c*uy = e if not (b and c): if c: try: tsol = integrate(e/c, y) except NotImplementedError: raise NotImplementedError("Unable to find a solution" " due to inability of integrate") else: return Eq(f(x,y), solvefun(x) + tsol) if b: try: tsol = integrate(e/b, x) except NotImplementedError: raise NotImplementedError("Unable to find a solution" " due to inability of integrate") else: return Eq(f(x,y), solvefun(y) + tsol) if not c: # To deal with cases when c is 0, a simpler method is used. # The PDE reduces to b*(u.diff(x)) + d*u = e, which is a linear ODE in x plode = f(x).diff(x)*b + d*f(x) - e sol = dsolve(plode, f(x)) syms = sol.free_symbols - plode.free_symbols - set([x, y]) rhs = _simplify_variable_coeff(sol.rhs, syms, solvefun, y) return Eq(f(x, y), rhs) if not b: # To deal with cases when b is 0, a simpler method is used. # The PDE reduces to c*(u.diff(y)) + d*u = e, which is a linear ODE in y plode = f(y).diff(y)*c + d*f(y) - e sol = dsolve(plode, f(y)) syms = sol.free_symbols - plode.free_symbols - set([x, y]) rhs = _simplify_variable_coeff(sol.rhs, syms, solvefun, x) return Eq(f(x, y), rhs) dummy = Function('d') h = (c/b).subs(y, dummy(x)) sol = dsolve(dummy(x).diff(x) - h, dummy(x)) if isinstance(sol, list): sol = sol[0] solsym = sol.free_symbols - h.free_symbols - set([x, y]) if len(solsym) == 1: solsym = solsym.pop() etat = (solve(sol, solsym)[0]).subs(dummy(x), y) ysub = solve(eta - etat, y)[0] deq = (b*(f(x).diff(x)) + d*f(x) - e).subs(y, ysub) final = (dsolve(deq, f(x), hint='1st_linear')).rhs if isinstance(final, list): final = final[0] finsyms = final.free_symbols - deq.free_symbols - set([x, y]) rhs = _simplify_variable_coeff(final, finsyms, solvefun, etat) return Eq(f(x, y), rhs) else: raise NotImplementedError("Cannot solve the partial differential equation due" " to inability of constantsimp")
def _simplify_variable_coeff(sol, syms, func, funcarg): r""" Helper function to replace constants by functions in 1st_linear_variable_coeff """ eta = Symbol("eta") if len(syms) == 1: sym = syms.pop() final = sol.subs(sym, func(funcarg)) else: fname = func.__name__ for key, sym in enumerate(syms): tempfun = Function(fname + str(key)) final = sol.subs(sym, func(funcarg)) return simplify(final.subs(eta, funcarg))
[docs]def pde_separate_add(eq, fun, sep): """ Helper function for searching additive separable solutions. Consider an equation of two independent variables x, y and a dependent variable w, we look for the product of two functions depending on different arguments: w(x, y, z) = X(x) + y(y, z) Examples ======== >>> from sympy import E, Eq, Function, pde_separate_add, Derivative as D >>> from sympy.abc import x, t >>> u, X, T = map(Function, 'uXT') >>> eq = Eq(D(u(x, t), x), E**(u(x, t))*D(u(x, t), t)) >>> pde_separate_add(eq, u(x, t), [X(x), T(t)]) [exp(-X(x))*Derivative(X(x), x), exp(T(t))*Derivative(T(t), t)] """ return pde_separate(eq, fun, sep, strategy='add')
[docs]def pde_separate_mul(eq, fun, sep): """ Helper function for searching multiplicative separable solutions. Consider an equation of two independent variables x, y and a dependent variable w, we look for the product of two functions depending on different arguments: w(x, y, z) = X(x)*u(y, z) Examples ======== >>> from sympy import Function, Eq, pde_separate_mul, Derivative as D >>> from sympy.abc import x, y >>> u, X, Y = map(Function, 'uXY') >>> eq = Eq(D(u(x, y), x, 2), D(u(x, y), y, 2)) >>> pde_separate_mul(eq, u(x, y), [X(x), Y(y)]) [Derivative(X(x), x, x)/X(x), Derivative(Y(y), y, y)/Y(y)] """ return pde_separate(eq, fun, sep, strategy='mul')