Timeline for are there any other distinguishing characteristics for waves? [closed]
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| Jan 27, 2020 at 18:19 | comment | added | G. Smith | Yes, it is in my opinion. | |
| Jan 27, 2020 at 8:49 | comment | added | zghqh | @G.Smith Thanks for your reminder. How about this one? Is it a sort of “Big List” question? | |
| Jan 27, 2020 at 7:19 | history | closed |
BioPhysicist Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jan 27, 2020 at 5:26 | comment | added | G. Smith | BTW, this site doesn’t like “Big List” questions (or answers) so your question might get downvoted or closed, and my comment above might get deleted. PSE wants narrowly focused conceptual questions with one correct answer. | |
| Jan 27, 2020 at 5:20 | comment | added | G. Smith | Dimensionality: 1D, 2D, 3D, etc. For sinusoidal waves: wavelength, frequency, and speed. For non-sinusoidal waves: the waveform and the frequency distribution. Planar vs. spherical vs. other angular distributions. Polarization: planar, circular, etc. Linear vs. nonlinear (e.g., solitons). Scalar wave vs. spinor wave vs. vector wave vs. tensor wave. Real vs. complex (e.g. wavefunction). Number-valued vs. operator valued (e.g., quantum field theory). This is not a complete list but it gives you the idea that waves come in lots of variants! | |
| Jan 27, 2020 at 4:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 27, 2020 at 4:34 | comment | added | BioPhysicist | Shape, maybe? What are you looking for, specifically? | |
| Jan 27, 2020 at 4:27 | history | asked | zghqh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |