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PHYS422 — Spring 2024

PHYS422: Waves and Oscillation

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Offering:
Spring, 3 Credit Hours


Prerequisites:
272H or 241
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Description:
Physics of waves and oscillations including sound, elastic waves, and electromagnetic waves such as light. Topics range from the theory of simple harmonic oscillators, transverse modes of a continuous string, and physical optics including interference, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, and resolution, to diffraction of X-rays and electrons by crystals. Optionally includes topics such as nonlinear waves and surface waves.


Instructor(s):
MA, RUICHAO (ALEX)


Email:
ma631@purdue.edu


Textbook(s) for Spring 2024

Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher Req/Opt Notes
Optics Hecht 5 th 9780133977226 Pearson Prentice-Hall Required
Vibrations and Waves A.P. French 1st 9780748744473 CRC Press Required

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