PHYS 481-03 Special Topics: Linear and nonlinear waves
 


A resonant wave-particle interaction
(Oshiokuri-boat and a big wave -- Katsushika Hokusai)

A squall came howling from the north, catching his sail full on and raising the waves to the stars. The oars broke, the prow was wrenched round, and as they lay beam on to the seas, there came towering over them a sheer mountain of water. Some of the ships were hanging on the crests of the waves; for others the waters opened and in the troughs could be seen the sea-bed and the seething sand.
-- Virgil, Book 1 of The Aeneid

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Instructor: Gene Tracy
Office: Small 175
Office Hours: Thursday 2-3 or by appointment
Phone: 221-3527
e-mail: tracy@physics.wm.edu
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Meeting time: Thursday 12:30-2
Location:  Small 152
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