Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780131495081

Author: Douglas C. Giancoli

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

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Chapter 31, Problem 12P

Consider two possible candidates E(x, t) as solutions of the wave equation for an EM wave’s electric field. Let A and α be constants. Show that (a) E ( x , t ) = A e − a ( x − e t ) 2 satisfies the wave equation, and that (b) E ( x , t ) = A e − ( a x 2 − e t ) does not satisfy the wave equation.

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