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  2. Wave equation - Wikipedia

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    By comparison with vector wave equations, the scalar wave equation can be seen as a special case of the vector wave equations; in the Cartesian coordinate system, the scalar wave equation is the equation to be satisfied by each component (for each coordinate axis, such as the x component for the x axis) of a vector wave without sources of waves ...

  3. List of equations in wave theory - Wikipedia

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    List of equations in nuclear and particle physics; List of equations in quantum mechanics; List of photonics equations; List of relativistic equations; SI electromagnetism units; Wave equation; One-way wave equation

  4. Electromagnetic wave equation - Wikipedia

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    The electromagnetic wave equation is a second-order partial differential equation that describes the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a medium or in a vacuum. It is a three-dimensional form of the wave equation. The homogeneous form of the equation, written in terms of either the electric field E or the magnetic field B, takes the form:

  5. Wave function - Wikipedia

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    The Schrödinger equation determines how wave functions evolve over time, and a wave function behaves qualitatively like other waves, such as water waves or waves on a string, because the Schrödinger equation is mathematically a type of wave equation. This explains the name "wave function", and gives rise to wave–particle duality.

  6. Helmholtz equation - Wikipedia

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    When the equation is applied to waves, k is known as the wave number. The Helmholtz equation has a variety of applications in physics and other sciences, including the wave equation, the diffusion equation, and the Schrödinger equation for a free particle. In optics, the Helmholtz equation is the wave equation for the electric field. [1]

  7. Schrödinger equation - Wikipedia

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    When these approaches are compared, the use of the Schrödinger equation is sometimes called "wave mechanics". The Klein-Gordon equation is a wave equation which is the relativistic version of the Schrödinger equation. The Schrödinger equation is nonrelativistic because it contains a first derivative in time and a second derivative in space ...

  8. Intensity (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Intensity is used most frequently with waves such as acoustic waves , matter waves such as electrons in electron microscopes, and electromagnetic waves such as light or radio waves, in which case the average power transfer over one period of the wave is used. Intensity can be applied to other circumstances where energy is transferred.

  9. One-way wave equation - Wikipedia

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    A one-way wave equation is a first-order partial differential equation describing one wave traveling in a direction defined by the vector wave velocity. It contrasts with the second-order two-way wave equation describing a standing wavefield resulting from superposition of two waves in opposite directions (using the squared scalar wave velocity).