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Problem #2

Look carefully at the initial conditions shown in Figure 6. Determine how the waves propagate over time and sketch the traveling-wave decomposition for at least four key points in time during one period.

Figure 6: Triangular initial condition for traveling waves in a vibrating string
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``Traveling Waves In A Vibrating String'', by Edgar J. Berdahl, and Julius O. Smith III,
REALSIMPLE Project — work supported by the Wallenberg Global Learning Network .
Released 2007-06-10 under the Creative Commons License (Attribution 2.5), by Edgar J. Berdahl, and Julius O. Smith III
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA),   Stanford University
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