Waves & Oscillations

One equation behind sound, light, strings and quantum waves.

Syllabus

  1. Free & Forced Oscillations

    1. Simple Harmonic Motion
    2. Damped Oscillations
    3. Driven Oscillations & Resonance

  2. Coupled Oscillators & Normal Modes

    1. Coupled Oscillators & Normal Modes
    2. The Chain of Oscillators & Dispersion
    3. From Oscillators to Waves

  3. Traveling & Standing Waves

    1. The Wave Equation & Traveling Waves
    2. Standing Waves, Boundaries & Musical Instruments
    3. Energy, Power & Impedance
    4. The Doppler Effect & Shock Waves

  4. Wave Phenomena & Unification

    1. Superposition, Interference & Beats
    2. Diffraction & Huygens' Principle
    3. Dispersion, Wave Packets & Group Velocity
    4. The Unity of Waves