Mathematics of Wave Propagation

by Julian L. Davis

Earthquakes, a plucked string, ocean waves crashing on the beach, the sound waves that allow us to recognize known voices. Waves are everywhere, and the propagation and classical properties of these apparently disparate phenomena can be described by the same mathematical methods: variational calculus, characteristics theory, and caustics. Taking a medium-by-medium approach, Julian Davis explains the mathematics needed to understand wave propagation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691026432
• ISBN13: 9780691026435
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"