Notes

Chapter 4: Systems Based on Numbers

Section 9: Partial Differential Equations


Klein–Gordon equation

The behavior of the Klein–Gordon equation ttu[t, x] xxu[t, x] - u[t, x] is visually very similar to that shown for the sine-Gordon equation. For the Klein–Gordon equation, however, there is an exact solution:

u[t, x] = If[x2 > t2, 0, BesselJ[0, Sqrt[t2 - x2]]]



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From Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science [citation]