Factorized equation of vibrations of a finite string with nonstationary second directional derivatives at the endpoints

Abstract

We obtain closed-form recursion formulas for the classical solutions of a mixed problem for the general inhomogeneous factorized equation of vibrations of a bounded string with second directional derivatives in the boundary conditions, in which the coefficients multi-plying the first of the two directional derivatives are independent of time. We study the case of boundary conditions in which all first directional derivatives are not directed along the characteristics of the equation. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions on the right-hand side and the initial and boundary data of the problem for its well-posed global solvability in the set of classical solutions.