Vibrations and waves in physics / Iain G. Main.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993Edition: third editionDescription: xviii, 359 p.ages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521441862 (hardback)
- 0521447011 (paperback)
- 531.32 20 M.I.V
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Includes index.
1. Free vibrations; 2. Free vibrations in physics; 3. Damping; 4. Damping in physics; 5. Forced vibrations; 6. Forced vibrations in physics; 7. Anharmonic vibrations; 8. Two-coordinate vibrations; 9. Non-dispersive waves; 10. Non-dispersive waves in physics; 11. Fourier theory; 12. Dispersion; 13. Water waves; 14. Electromagnetic waves; 15. De Broglie waves; 16. Solitary waves; 17. Plane waves at boundaries; 18. Diffraction; Answers to problems, and hints for solution; Constants and units; Index.
For the third edition of this successful undergraduate text, the author has made considerable changes to clarify some of the arguments, and update several applications. The new material includes a descriptive introduction to the ideas behind the new science of chaos
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