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I want to sketch the graphs of $$u(t,x)=\frac{1}{2}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n\pi} ((-1)^n-1)e^{-n^2t}\sin(nx)$$ for $t=0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 10$ on the same axes.


For $t=0$, I input


Plot[{1/2 + Sum[1/(n π) ((-1)^n - 1) Sin [n x]], {n, 1, Infinity}}, {x, -π, π}]

Then Mathematica keeps running...


Could you help me with this? Thanks.




Answer



If you define


f[x_, t_, nm_] := 1/2 + Sum[1/(n π) ((-1)^n - 1) Sin[n x] Exp[-t n^2], {n, 1, nm}];

then


Plot[Table[f[x, t, 150], {t, {0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 10}}] // Evaluate, {x, -Pi, Pi}]

produces


Mathematica graphics


and the "Gibbs ringing" i.e. the small oscillations near the sharp edges come from truncation of the sum at 150 instead of $\infty$.



Treating separately the t=0 case, which can be summed to infinity (see Sjoerd's answer), you can get a pretty accurate plot while choosing nm=1000


 Show[{Plot[
1/2 + Sum[1/(n π) ((-1)^n - 1) Sin[n x], {n, 1, Infinity}] //
Evaluate, {x, -π, π},PlotStyle-> Darker[Blue,0.5]],
Plot[Table[
1/2 + Sum[1/(n π) Exp[-n^2 t] ((-1)^n - 1) Sin[n x], {n, 1,
1000}], {t, {0.01, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 10}}] //
Evaluate, {x, -π, π}, PlotPoints -> 50]}]

Mathematica graphics



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