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    <publisher>Cambridge University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xiv, 296 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. The essence of wave motion; 2. Wave equations and their solution; 3. Further wave equations; 4. Sinusoidal waveforms; 5. Complex wavefunctions; 6. Huygens wave propagation; 7. Geometrical optics; 8. Interference; 9. Fraunhofer diffraction; 10. Longitudinal waves; 11. Continuity conditions; 12. Boundary conditions; 13. Linearity and superpositions; 14. Fourier series and transforms; 15. Waves in three dimensions; 16. Operators for wave motions; 17. Uncertainty and quantum mechanics; 18. Waves from moving sources; 19. Radiation from moving charges; Appendix: vector mathematics; Index</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Tim Freegarde, University of Southampton</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-290) and index</note>
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