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<strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Classical</strong> <strong>Wave</strong><br />

• A wave is a periodic oscillation. It is convenient to describe waves using<br />

complex numbers. For example consider the function<br />

where x is position. This function can be plotted on the complex plane as<br />

a function <strong>of</strong> position, x. The phase <strong>of</strong> the function is the angle on the<br />

complex plane.

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