The Propagation Of Disturbances In Dispersive Media
by T.H. Havelock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1914
Number of pages: 107
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From the table of contents: Simple groups and group velocity; The velocity of light; The Kelvin method for wave groups; Illustrations of group analysis; Action of a prism upon white light; The flow of energy; Propagation of wavefronts with discontinuities.
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