Solve by separation of variables $u_{xx}+u_{yy}=0$ where $u(0,y)=u(l,y)=u(x,0)=0$, $u(x,a)=\sin{\frac{n\pi x}{l}}$

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Solve by separation of variables \begin{align} u_{xx} + u_{yy} &= 0 \\ u(0,y) &= u(l,y) = 0 \\ u(x,0) &= 0, u(x,a) = \sin{\frac{n\pi x}{l}} \end{align}

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Putting $u=XY$, I got

$$X_{xx}+\lambda^2 X = 0 = Y_{yy}-\lambda^2 Y$$

They gave solutions $$X=c_1 \cos{\lambda\,x}+c_2\sin{\lambda\,x}, \quad Y=c_3e^{\lambda\,y}+c_4e^{-\lambda\,y}$$

and hence

$$u = XY = (c_1 \cos{\lambda\,x}+c_2\sin{\lambda\,x})(c_3e^{\lambda\,y}+c_4e^{-\lambda\,y})$$

The boundary conditions $u(0,y)=u(l,y)=0$ implies $c_1=0, \lambda=m\pi/l$. Therefore,

$$u(x,y) = \sin{\frac{m\pi x}{l}} \bigg(A_me^{\frac{m\pi y}{l}}+B_me^{-\frac{m\pi y}{l}} \bigg)$$

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You haven't used that $u(x,0)=0$, which gives you $c_3+c_4=0$. So you have $$ u(x,y)=A_m\,\sin{\frac{m\pi x}{l}}(e^{\frac{m\pi y}{l}}-e^{-\frac{m\pi y}{l}}). $$ In general what you do next you postulate that the general form of $u$ is $$\tag1 u(x,y)=\sum_{m=1}^\infty A_m\,\sin{\frac{m\pi x}{l}}(e^{\frac{m\pi y}{l}}-e^{-\frac{m\pi y}{l}}). $$ In your case, assuming that $n$ is an integer, the condition at $(x,a)$ forces $$ \sin\frac{n\pi x}l=u(x,a)=A_n\,\sin{\frac{n\pi x}{l}}(e^{\frac{n\pi a}{l}}-e^{-\frac{n\pi a}{l}}). $$ So $$ u(x,y)=\frac1{ e^{\frac{n\pi a}{l}}-e^{-\frac{n\pi a}{l}} }\,\sin{\frac{n\pi x}{l}}(e^{\frac{n\pi y}{l}}-e^{-\frac{n\pi y}{l}}). $$ If you want to use hyperbolic functions, $$ u(x,y)=\frac{\sinh \frac{n\pi y}l}{\sinh \frac{n\pi a}l}\, \,\sin{\frac{n\pi x}{l}}. $$


When $n$ is not an integer, you need to consider the full Fourier series. For the orthonormal basis $$\Big\{\frac2l\,\sin\frac{m\pi x}l\Big\}_{m=1}^\infty\cup\Big\{\cos\frac{m\pi x}l\Big\}_{m=0}^\infty,$$ the coefficients for $\sin\frac{n\pi x}l$ are $$ a_n=\frac4{l^2}\int_0^l\sin\frac{n\pi x}l\,\sin\frac{m\pi x}l\,dx =-\frac{4(-1)^mm\,\sin\pi n}{\pi l(m^2-n^2)} $$ and for the cosines they are zero since our function is odd. So $$\tag2 \sin\frac{n\pi x}l=-\frac2l\sum_{m=1}^\infty \frac{4(-1)^mm\,\sin\pi n}{\pi l(m^2-n^2)}\,\sin\frac{m\pi x}l. $$ Comparing $(2)$ and $(1)$ (with $y=a$), $$ 2A_m\sinh \frac{n\pi a}l=\frac{8(-1)^{m+1}m\,\sin\pi n}{\pi l^2(m^2-n^2)}. $$ Thus $$ u(x,y)=\sum_{m=1}^\infty \frac{4(-1)^{m+1}m\,\sin\pi n}{\pi l^2(m^2-n^2)\,\sinh \frac{n\pi a}l}\,\sin{\frac{m\pi x}{l}}\,\sinh\frac{m\pi y}l. $$