Jump to content

World of Wave


Sriman Dutta

Recommended Posts

Its really WoW that our observable world is a World of Wave. Almost all kinds of energy transfer takes place through wave motion. Sound travels in the form of waves through a medium. Light too travels as EM waves. Even pendulum, AC current, simple spring motion are found to be composed of periodic wave motion.

This makes me ask why is wave motion so dominant over others? Any thoughts?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Math.

Because a sine wave is the solution to this, very common differential equation, which describes a surprisingly large amount of physical phenomena:

 

[math] \frac{d^2u}{dx^2} + \omega^2u = 0. [/math]

 

Other common equations result in exponential functions or a combination of both, which can also be found everywhere.

Edited by Bender
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Physicists are (in)famous for modeling everything as a harmonic oscillator, because many things looks like harmonic oscillators (at least to a first-order approximation)

 

 

Nature is certainly very fond of spheres.

 

 

 

Spheres tend to minimize the energy of a configuration, and nature loves to go to a minimum energy state.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.