Document Type

Article

Department

Mathematics (HMC)

Publication Date

11-2-2006

Abstract

Following Antman [Amer. Math. Mon., 87 (1980), pp. 359–370], we advocate a more physically realistic and systematic derivation of the wave equation suitable for a typical undergraduate course in partial differential equations. To demonstrate the utility of this derivation, three applications that follow naturally are described: strings, hanging chains, and jump ropes.

Comments

First published in SIAM Review, vol. 48, no. 4 (November 2006), by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

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©2006 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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