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Traveling harmonic wave

13. Waves

Traveling harmonic wave

For propagation toward

+x

y(x,t)=A\sin(kx-\omega t+\phi)

For propagation toward

-x

y(x,t)=A\sin(kx+\omega t+\phi)

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Harmonic wave propagating in one direction or the other, with wave number k and angular frequency ω.

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