APPROXIMATE SOLUTION OF ONE PROBLEM ON ELECTRICAL OSCILLATIONS IN WIRES WITH THE USE OF POLYLOGARITHMS

Abstract

The article considers a mixed problem with homogeneous boundary conditions for onedimensional homogeneous wave equation. Such a problem can arise, for example, when studying oscillations of current and voltage in the conductor through which electric current flows, while the line is free from distortion. The solution can be found with the use of the Fourier method in the form of trigonometric series. This representation is of purely theoretical interest, because the real calculation should be, first, to find a large number of coefficients of the integrals, which in itself is not a trivial task and, second, it is almost impossible to assess the error of the calculations. An alternative way of solving this problem based on the use of transcendental functions i. e. polylogarithms that represent complex power series of a special kind. The exact solution of the problem is expressed through the imaginary part of a polylogarithm of the first order on the single circle and the approximate one – via the real part of the dilogarithm. In addition, if the initial conditions in the problem are elementary functions, then the solution is also computed using elementary functions. A simple and effective error estimate of the approximate solution has been found. It does not depend on time and it has the first-order of accuracy regarding the step of a partitioning segment of the numerical axis on which the problem is considered. This valuation is uniform with respect to the variables of the problem – both spatial and temporal.