are there any other distinguishing characteristics for waves? [closed]

Ask Question

Asked 4 years, 10 months ago

Modified 4 years, 10 months ago

Viewed 40 times

Closed. This question needs details or clarity. It is not currently accepting answers.

Want to improve this question? Add details and clarify the problem by editing this post.

Closed 4 years ago.

This post distinguish Waves as 2 styles:

are there any other distinguishing characteristics?

asked Jan 27, 2020 at 4:27

zghqh

2111 silver badge5 bronze badges

$\begingroup$ Shape, maybe? What are you looking for, specifically? $\endgroup$
– BioPhysicist
Commented Jan 27, 2020 at 4:34
1

$\begingroup$ 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! $\endgroup$
– G. Smith
Commented Jan 27, 2020 at 5:20
1

$\begingroup$ 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. $\endgroup$
– G. Smith
Commented Jan 27, 2020 at 5:26
$\begingroup$ @G.Smith Thanks for your reminder. How about this one? Is it a sort of “Big List” question? $\endgroup$
– zghqh
Commented Jan 27, 2020 at 8:49
$\begingroup$ Yes, it is in my opinion. $\endgroup$
– G. Smith
Commented Jan 27, 2020 at 18:19

Add a comment |

0