16.2 Mathematics of Waves
This relationship was also derived using a sinusoidal wave, but it successfully describes any wave or pulse that has the form y (x, t) = f (x ∓ v t). y (x, t) = f (x ∓ v t). These waves result due to a linear restoring force of the medium—thus, the name linear wave equation. Any wave function that satisfies this equation is a linear wave ...