#wave equation

today's gregor samsa is: in the wave equation

The majority of the physical phenomena on this planet can be captured by first and second order differential equations. It is rare for a third order differential equation to show its face. Thus in according to this mathematical observation we find its correlate in the fact that we can have a wave in the water corresponding to a first-order differential equation, and a wave written on that wave corresponding to a second order differential equation. On normal shorelines one never witnesses a wave within a wave within a wave, which physical situation corresponds to a third order differential equation.

But such was the velocity of wind within the narrow channel that separates mainland Davao from Samal Island, wind so vicious it threatened to topple me over as i stood on the jetty jutting into the channel, that the water was worked up into fine wrinkles (see the upper left corner of the first photograph) , these wrinkles placed onto a wave within a wave, corresponding to that magical third order differential equation.

Water finds it difficult to fold itself more than twice, surface tension tending to smooth out wrinkles; yet here it managed to accomplish the minor marine miracle of folding itself thrice, wild wind wrinkling the waters, no other word than "wrinkle" sufficing to describe this fine liquid rumpling.

This was the first time i had seen "wrinkled water", the experience an epiphany, the wild wind bringing about the derivative of the derivative of the derivative; the wild wind allowing the water to express its existential essence more completely.

Introduction Sound waves are mechanical waves that propagate through a medium (like air, water, or solids) as a result of vibrations, creating pressure variations that the human ear detects as sound. They are longitudinal waves, where the oscillations occur in the direction of wave propagation. Speed of Sound The speed of sound varies depending on the medium and its properties such as…

Standing waves on a shallow stream bed, with an actual wavelength between them!!!. Some of them are peaks of pure liquid, while yet others of those peaks are crested with a slight tuft of foam. Once again we witness an interaction between the stream bed and the fluid flowing over it, each sculpting the other into a wavy pattern.

“The question is only whether from now on we shall have to refrain from tying description to a clear hypothesis about the real nature of the world. There are many who wish to pronounce such abdication even today. But I believe that this means making things a little too easy for oneself.”