Wave Motion

by J. Billingham and A.C. King

Waves are a ubiquitous and important feature of the physical world, and throughout history it has been a major challenge to understand them. They can propagate on the surfaces of solids and of fluids; chemical waves control the beating of your heart; traffic jams move in waves down lanes crowded with vehicles. This introduction to the mathematics of wave phenomena is aimed at advanced undergraduate courses on waves for mathematicians, physicists or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521632579
• ISBN13: 9780521632577
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"