Table of Contents Last updated Sep 20, 2022 Save as PDF InfoPage Licensing Page ID34229 ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) Table of Contents Licensing Acknowledgements Preface 1: Basic Properties 1.1: Sine Wave 1.2: Speed of a Wave 1.3: Transverse Waves 1.4: Simple Harmonic Motion 1.5: Simple Harmonic Motion and Resonance 1.6: Longitudinal Waves 1.7: Water Waves 1.8: Two-Dimensional Waves 2: Combining Waves 2.1: Adding Two Linear Waves (Superposition) 2.2: Interference 2.3: Group Velocity 2.4: Other Wave Functions 2.5: Fourier Analysis and Synthesis 3: External Interactions 3.10: Diffraction 3.1: Mirrors 3.2: Collisions with Boundaries 3.3: Standing Waves on a String and in a Tube 3.4: Refraction 3.5: Lenses 3.6: Path Difference and Interference 3.7: Impedance 3.8: Dispersion of Light 3.9: Dispersion of Fourier Components 4: Applications 4.1: Doppler Effect 4.2: EM Waves from an Accelerating Charge 4.3: Antenna 4.4: Electromagnetic Plane Waves 4.5: Polarization 4.6: Wave Equation 4.7: Oscillator Chain 4.8: Non-Linear Waves 4.9: Solitons Index Glossary Detailed Licensing