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                                          unit, 150                                forcing term, 567, 575–577
                                          zero, 149                                Fourier transforms for solution of,
                                        Velocity v, 30–31, 37–38, 349–354,             582–584, 586–587
                                            568–570, 572–573, 579–581              infinite medium, motion in a, 579–584
                                          acceleration a(t), 350                   initial conditions, 566, 573–575
                                          curvature κ(s) and, 349–354              initial-boundary value problem for,
                                          defined, 349                                  566
                                          first-order differential equation         intervals, motion in, 567–577
                                              applications for, 30–31, 37–38       Laplace transform techniques for,
                                          nonzero initial, 572–573                     587–593
                                          speed v(t), 349                          one-dimensional equation, 566
                                          terminal, 30–31                          position function y(x,t), 565–567
                                          unwinding chain, 37–38                   semi-infinite medium, motion in a,
                                          vector analysis for, 349–354                 585–587
                                          wave motion and, 568–570, 572–573,       vibrations in a membrane,
                                              579–581                                  applications of, 602–610
                                          zero initial, 568–570, 579–581
                                                                                   wave motion, 567–587, 596–610
                                        Verhulst’s logistic equation, 15
                                                                                 Weight function p, 182–183, 511, 515
                                        Vibrations, 602–610
                                                                                Weighted dot product, 515
                                          circular membranes, 602–608
                                                                                Window function w(t), 483–485
                                          frequencies of normal modes of, 604
                                                                                Windowed Fourier transform, 483–485
                                          normal modes of, 604–605
                                                                                Wronskian (W), 46–47
                                          periodicity conditions, 605–606
                                                                                Wronskian test, 46
                                          rectangular membranes, 608–610
                                          wave equations for, 602–610
                                        Voltage law, Kirchhoff’s, 33            Z
                                        Vortex, 780                             Zero function, 181
                                                                                Zero initial displacement, 570–572,
                                        W                                            581–582
                                        Walk (path), 195                        Zero initial velocity, 568–570, 579–581
                                        Wave equation, 565–610                  Zero matrix, 192
                                          boundary conditions, 566–567          Zero temperature, heat equation for,
                                          Cauchy problem for, 594–596                612–614
                                          characteristics of, 594–601           Zero vector, 149
                                          d’Alembert’s solution for, 594–601    Zeros of Bessel functions, 550–552
                                          derivation of, 565–567                Zeros of Legendre polynomials,
                                          displacement function z(x,y, t), 567       528–569
















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