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How do electromagnetic waves wave?

August 19th, 2022

A wave of wavelength $\lambda$ corresponds to $2\pi$ radians. Is this true for all waves?

September 20th, 2020

Speed of a transverse wave in a string

May 11th, 2020

Help finding an alternative to the time average of the Poynting vector

April 26th, 2020

Average value of potential energy and kinetic energy in simple harmonic motion

March 23rd, 2020

Do mechanical waves also carry momentum as well as energy?

April 21st, 2020

is this function a traveling wave?

January 30th, 2020

Modulus of rigidity inside the water

December 30th, 2020

What about electromagnetic waves of power cables?

December 13th, 2020

Medium particle velocity vs wave velocity

February 24th, 2020

Constructive Interference of Electromagnetic Waves

August 3rd, 2020

Direction of the particle's motion

October 31st, 2020

Determining the decay constant for a damped wave

September 8th, 2020

What can cause a change in wave's shape - One dimensional wave

April 26th, 2020

Spring Constant - Waves

April 26th, 2020

What is y(x,t) = Acos(kx - wt)?

June 1st, 2020

Longitudinal Waves - how velocity varies with density

March 6th, 2020

Why do I hear beats through headphones only at low frequencies?

July 4th, 2020

Frequency of the sound when blowing in a bottle

April 29th, 2020

Existence of monochromatic pulses?

May 20th, 2020

Ultrasonic wave through air

April 8th, 2020

Why are electromagnetic waves called waves even though they don't travel through a medium?

August 7th, 2022

What does a light wave look like? (3D model)

April 17th, 2020

Why is light with a small wavelength required to have a rectilinear path?

August 1st, 2022

How do traveling waves pass through a standing wave node, if the node doesn't move?

June 18th, 2020

Is the wobbly rope depiction of a radio wave inherently wrong? And how do vectors of parallel waves align with each other?

March 26th, 2020

Do Photons Move in a Wave Like Pattern?

March 14th, 2020

How to determine whether a wave is travelling or standing?

August 3rd, 2022

Combination of Simple Harmonic Motions

August 2nd, 2020

What boundary conditions in a wave simulation would avoid reflections?

March 6th, 2020