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1 Oct 2024 15:21:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Wave Physics  
From: Invisible
Date: 2 Apr 2008 08:28:25
Message: <47f389f9$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
>> What happens if the wave propogation medium propogates different 
>> frequencies at different velocities?
> 
> Well then your c is a function of frequency, it's also probably a 
> function of "wave value" and "wave steepness" too in real life. (higher 
> and steeper waves might propogate faster than lower waves).  Good luck 
> calculating the frequency at a point though :-)  I'm thinking you might 
> be able to do something clever with fourier though...

Well, Reaktor's "Steam Pipe" instrument simplates dispersion using a 
simple all-pass filter in the feedback loop. OTOH, it's only trying to 
simulate a 1D wave. At exactly 1 point in space. Hmm, maybe you could do 
some sort of interesting convulation operation?

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