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| May 22, 2020 at 13:01 | comment | added | Lucas Tan | @BioPhysicist thank you for sharing that post! For some reason when I tried to find my question on stack exchange, I didn't find this post, it was really helpful. To summarise my new understanding, if we follow a section of a wave that is moving, its phase must remain constant, hence the expression within the cosine must remain constant. As x decreases, time must increase, if x moves in the opposite direction (i.e. increases), time must decrease. Hence we put the plusminus sign in front of the time term to ensure the phase is constant. Could I clarify that my current understanding is accurate? | |
| May 22, 2020 at 12:30 | history | closed |
BioPhysicist Qmechanic♦ |
Duplicate of How to determine the direction of a wave propagation? | |
| May 22, 2020 at 12:18 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 22, 2020 at 11:59 | comment | added | BioPhysicist | Does this answer your question? How to determine the direction of a wave propagation? | |
| May 22, 2020 at 11:58 | comment | added | BioPhysicist | That isn't the wave function. That is just a possible solution to the wave equation. | |
| May 22, 2020 at 11:48 | comment | added | Ruslan | @LucasTan you should calculate positions of the crests and how these positions depend on time. | |
| May 22, 2020 at 11:13 | comment | added | Lucas Tan | To clarify, I should calculate the number of crests and troughs? Or should I solve for something else, if so, what exactly? | |
| May 22, 2020 at 11:06 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | Hint: Solve for the positions of crests and troughs in an $(x,t)$ diagram. | |
| May 22, 2020 at 10:50 | history | edited | user87745 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 22, 2020 at 10:39 | history | asked | Lucas Tan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |