Timeline for Physical Interpretation of equality in 1+1D wave equation
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| Aug 4 at 19:38 | comment | added | d_b | @Harsh I see. Thanks for clarifying. Indeed, the derivatives have their usual meaning here: the second time derivative is the acceleration, and the second position derivative is the curvature of the waveform. I will try to elaborate on why this makes sense when I get some time (and if someone else doesn't beat me to it). | |
| Aug 4 at 10:55 | comment | added | Harsh | I think I should have been more specific in my question about what I am not able to understand, I understand the wave equation you provided above and how it represents a wave on a string like you said, what I don't understand is how to interpret one-dimensional differential equation where there's equality between second derivative with respect to time (which might indicate acceleration) and second derivation with respect to position (which suggests the curvature at that point). Kindly let me know if I need to be more specific or if you need anymore information. | |
| Aug 4 at 10:43 | history | answered | d_b | CC BY-SA 4.0 |