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## [Partial differential equation: principal-part classification and symbolic residuals of quadratic polynomial candidates](/en/derivations/derivation-mko-partial-differential-equation-01/?from=%2Fen%2Fderivations%2F%3Fq%3Dmko-partial-differential-equation)

On ℝ², take the linear constant-coefficient operator L(u)=u_xx+2u_xy−3u_yy+u_x and the right-hand side g(x,y)=2x+y−2. First classify L using the explicit principal-part convention a u_xx+b u_xy+c u_yy with discriminant b²−4ac; then, for the three quadratic polynomial candidates u_A=x²+xy+y², u_B=x²+2xy and u_C=x²+xy+y²+y, compute the symbolic residual R=L(u)−g exactly, decide which candidates satisfy L(u)=g on all of ℝ², and explain why u_B is still not a solution although its point residual vanishes on the whole line y=−8.

Partial differential equation

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