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Animation of a traveling wave as a complex, helical phasor.

Date

2007-12-04T06:02:27Z

Authors

Ceperley, Peter

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Abstract

This animation shows the time dependence of the complex phasor representation of a one dimensional traveling wave. The wave is seen as a rotating helix.

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This animation requires Adobe flash

Keywords

Physics, Traveling waves, Complex phasors, Complex helix

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