The physics of waves
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The physics of waves
Prentice Hall, c1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 395) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A complete introduction to waves and wave phenomena by a renowned American theorist, this book focuses on three underlying principles - linearity, translation invariance and local interactions. Beginning with the single harmonic oscillator, the book proceeds through standing wave normal modes in increasingly interesting systems. Examples of waves phenomena from familiar waves are used, but the mechanics of waves is developed in a way that can be directly applied to quantum mechanics. An accompanying disk features over 100 animations of various wave phenomena (for IBM and Macintosh).
Table of Contents
1. Harmonic Oscillation.
2. Damping, Forced Oscillations and Resonance.
3. Normal Modes.
4. Symmetries.
5. Waves.
6. The Continuum Limit and Fourier Series.
7. Longitudinal Oscillations and Sound.
8. Traveling Waves.
9. The Boundary at a.
10. Signals and Fourier Analysis.
11. Two and Three Dimensions.
12. Polarization.
13. Diffraction.
Appendix A: The Programs.
Appendix B: The Solutions.
Index.
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