Propagation of Nonsmooth Waves under Singular Perturbations of the Wave Equation

Abstract

The method of characteristics for the wave equation can be applied not only for unbounded strings. The method of incident and reflected waves is effectively used in the case of a mixed problem for a bounded string. This method can also be modified for multipoint mixed problems for the wave equation. In this paper, the method of incident and reflected waves is adapted for multi-point problems with discontinuous derivatives. An analogue of the d'Alembert formula for discontinuous multipoint problems for the wave equation in the case of a bounded string is proved.