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  • sound
    / Circular and spherical waves

    …a two-dimensional plane wave and circular wave. The insightful point suggested by the Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens is that all the wavelets of Figure 2A and 2B, including those not shown but originating between those that are shown, form a new coherent wave that moves along at the speed of…

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    …a two-dimensional plane wave and circular wave. The insightful point suggested by the Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens is that all the wavelets of Figure 2A and 2B, including those not shown but originating between those that are shown, form a new coherent wave that moves along at the speed of…

    Read More