Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Mechanical waves
  2: Transverse and longitudinal waves
  3: Periodic waves
  4: Amplitude
  5: Wavelength
  6: Period and frequency
  7: Wave speed
  8: Wave speed in a string
  9: Derivation: wave speed in a string
10: Interactive problem: wave speed in a string
11: Interactive checkpoint: two strings spliced together
12: Mathematical description of a wave
13: Sample problem: writing an equation for a traveling wave
14: Interactive problem: match the wave
15: Angular wave number and angular frequency
16: Derivation: equation for traveling wave
17: Sample problem: using an equation for a traveling wave
18: Interactive problem: a well-timed wave
19: Energy of a wave in a string
20: Derivation: power of a wave in a string
21: Interactive checkpoint: wave power
22: Gotchas
23: Summary

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