Question: Numeric PDE with Periodic Boundary Conditions

Hi,

     I'm trying to numerically solve a PDE in Maple for different boundary conditions, however I'm having trouble even getting Maple to numerically solve it for simple boundary conditions.

I have cylindrical coordinates, r, z, theta, and I treat r = r(z, theta) for convenience to plot my solution surface. The initial coundary condition is that at z = epsilon (z = 0 is singular) , r = constant and of course r is periodic in theta. This is just a circle, and the analytical solution is know to be a half-sphere  r = sqrt(R^2 - z^2). I entered my initial boundary conditions into Maple, but it doesn't like the periodic one

IBC := { r(epsilon, theta) = R - epsilon__r,
              r(z, 0) = r(z, 2*Pi) };

pdsolve(
  PDE,
  IBC,
  numeric,
  indepvars = [z, theta],
  time = z,
  range = 0..2*Pi);
Error, (in pdsolve/numeric/par_hyp) Incorrect number of boundary conditions, expected 2, got 1

I'm not sure how to make this work, and then generalize it to more arbitrary intial slices r(epsilon, theta) = f(theta).

Here's the attached worksheet, ForMaplePrimesSUbmission.mw

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks