Introduction to the Wave Equation

The one dimensional Wave equation is given by

This site gives links to files that may be used in conjunction with Mathematica to solve various forms of the wave equation. You may click on the following links to download Mathematica NoteBooks to study its varoius forms.

String with fixed end points. String with other end conditions. A variable density String. A two dimensional Membrane.

d'Alembert String with fixed free end points.

You may download the Problem/Help file for these notebooks in various formats for printing.
A PostScript version of the problem file for the Wave Equation.
A TeX--LaTeX dvi version of the problem file for the Wave Equation.
A DeskJet or InkJet version of the problem file for the Wave Equation.


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