Title: 25.3 Solution Using Separation of Variables
Course: HELM Workbooks 2023-2024 > Section: HELM 25: Partial Differential Equations

The main topic of this Section is the solution of PDEs using the method of separation of variables. In this method a PDE involving n independent variables is converted into n ordinary differential equations. (In this introductory account n will always be 2.)

You should be aware that other analytical methods and also numerical methods are available for solving PDEs. However, the separation of variables technique does give some useful solutions to important PDEs.