This document is an assignment for an advanced engineering mathematics course on partial differential equations. It discusses D'Alembert's formula, which provides the general solution to the one-dimensional wave equation. Specifically, it introduces new variables that allow the wave equation to be solved elegantly by rewriting the dependent variable u as a function of the new independent variables, one involving position x and time t added, and the other involving their difference. The assignment is for a third year civil engineering student named Vaani Pathak and is guided by their professor Jalpa Ma'am.