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>> ...all of which is true. However, a simple experiment with a wavetank
>> quickly demonstrates that, for some reason that I don't comprehend,
>> large waves won't go through small gaps, and yet small waves will.
>> This is the precise opposite of what you would expect, but the results
>> are clear.
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> Hum... I hate to admit this, but it seems you're right: I just hacked
> together a POV-Ray script to simulate a wavetank-kind-of-apparatus (very
> idealized, but still...), initially to disprove your statement - only to
> find that indeed small gaps will not let low-frequency waves pass.
> Changes in gradient will pass through - but not oscillations.
Weird, isn't it?
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