Definition:Periodic Wave/Wavelength

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Definition

Let $\phi$ be a periodic wave expressed as:

$\forall x, t \in \R: \map \phi {x, t} = \map f {x - c t}$


The wavelength $\lambda$ of $\phi$ is the period of the wave profile of $\phi$.


Also see

  • Results about wavelength can be found here.


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