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The velocity of a transverse wave on an infinitely long string is
.
At
the string has shape given by
and
velocity distribution
where
is a constant.
- (a)
- Find the particular solution
to the wave
equation for the string consistent with the above initial
conditions.
- (b)
- Does the solution found in (a) represent a
traveling wave, a standing wave, or
neither? Explain. If a traveling wave, in what direction
is it moving?
Tomas Arias
2003-10-15