wave equation

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf partial differential equations
gptkbp:appliesTo water waves
sound waves
light waves
gptkbp:category hyperbolic partial differential equation
gptkbp:describes propagation of waves
gptkbp:dimensions three-dimensional
two-dimensional
one-dimensional
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
physics
gptkbp:firstPublished gptkb:Jean_le_Rond_d'Alembert
gptkbp:form ∂²u/∂t² = c²∇²u
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label wave equation
gptkbp:introducedIn 1746
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Maxwell's_equations
gptkb:Schrödinger_equation
gptkb:Klein-Gordon_equation
gptkbp:solvedBy gptkb:d'Alembert's_formula
gptkb:Fourier_transform
separation of variables
gptkbp:usedIn acoustics
electromagnetism
engineering
fluid dynamics
quantum mechanics
gptkbp:variant t (time)
c (wave speed)
u (displacement)
∇² (Laplacian)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Optics
gptkb:Helmholtz_equation
gptkb:Differential_equations
gptkb:Acoustics
gptkb:Bardeen–Press_equation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5