Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols
- 1 The essence of wave motion
- 2 Wave equations and their solution
- 3 Further wave equations
- 4 Sinusoidal waveforms
- 5 Complex wavefunctions
- 6 Huygens wave propagation
- 7 Geometrical optics
- 8 Interference
- 9 Fraunhofer diffraction
- 10 Longitudinal waves
- 11 Continuity conditions
- 12 Boundary conditions
- 13 Linearity and superpositions
- 14 Fourier series and transforms
- 15 Waves in three dimensions
- 16 Operators for wave motions
- 17 Uncertainty and quantum mechanics
- 18 Waves frommoving sources
- 19 Radiation from moving charges
- Appendix: Vector mathematics
- References
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols
- 1 The essence of wave motion
- 2 Wave equations and their solution
- 3 Further wave equations
- 4 Sinusoidal waveforms
- 5 Complex wavefunctions
- 6 Huygens wave propagation
- 7 Geometrical optics
- 8 Interference
- 9 Fraunhofer diffraction
- 10 Longitudinal waves
- 11 Continuity conditions
- 12 Boundary conditions
- 13 Linearity and superpositions
- 14 Fourier series and transforms
- 15 Waves in three dimensions
- 16 Operators for wave motions
- 17 Uncertainty and quantum mechanics
- 18 Waves frommoving sources
- 19 Radiation from moving charges
- Appendix: Vector mathematics
- References
- Index
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- Introduction to the Physics of Waves , pp. xi - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012