Show that $F(x, t) := \sin(\sum_{k=1}^n x_k - \sqrt nt)$ is a solution of $\Delta F$ $-$ $d^2F \over dt^2 $ = $0$

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Given

$F: \Bbb R^n$ $\mathbf x$ $\Bbb R$ $\rightarrow \Bbb R$, $n \in \Bbb N$,

$(x, t) = (x_1, x_2, ..., x_n, t) \rightarrow F(x, t)$,

$F(x, t) := \sin(\sum_{k=1}^n x_k - \sqrt nt)$,

$\Delta F$ $:=$ $\sum_{k=1}^n$ $d^2F \over d(x_k)^2$,

I would like to show that

$\Delta F$ $-$ $d^2F \over dt^2 $ = $0$.

Approach

I take a guess that this looks much more complicated than it actually is.

First, I calculate the necessary derivatives:

$dF\over d(x_k)^2$ $= \cos(\sum_{k=1}^n x_k - \sqrt n t)$

$d^2F \over d(x_k)^2$ $= - \sin(\sum_{k=1}^n x_k - \sqrt n t)$

$dF \over dt^2$ $= \cos(\sum_{k=1}^n x_k - \sqrt n t) * (-\sqrt n)$

$d^2F \over dt^2$ $=$ $n$ $*$ $\sin(\sum_{k=1}^n x_k - \sqrt nt) $

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Recall that $sin(u)'=cos(u).u'$, $cos(u)'=-sin(u).u'$, $sin(-u)'=cos(u).(-u')$, and $\Delta F= \sum_{i=1}^n \partial_{x_i, x_i}F$.