Yuni Fitria

physics education A 2017

WAVE THEORY
 Wave theory : An important mathematical
model in many areas of physics
 The wave theory is a fundamental part of
modern quantum theory and the solutions of
the wave equation are used to explain a
number of classical phenomena
 Mathematically, the basis of wave theory is a
second-order, partial differential equation
called the wave equation
 Fig 1.1 Propagation of a pulse on aguitar sting. The
amplitude does not change as the pulse propagates along
the string.
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The ratio ofreflected energy to the incident energy is then