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: Interactive problem: wave speed in a string
10: Interactive checkpoint: two strings spliced together
11: Mathematical description of a wave
12: Sample problem: writing an equation for a traveling wave
13: Interactive problem: match the wave
14: Sample problem: using an equation for a traveling wave
15: Interactive problem: a well-timed wave
16: Gotchas
17: Summary

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