#  Waves (Draft) 

 



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The following files are a beginning draft of a Waves book designed for college sophomores. The Fourier and Interference chapters are a little more polished than the others. There are certainly [typos](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/wavescorrections.pdf "Waves - Corrections/typos/errata/clarifications") and things that I will change, but there’s a lot of nice material here as it stands. Chapters on optics and water waves will eventually be added.

Note: This book keeps getting leapfrogged by other ones, so I’m guessing it will be at least 2030 by the time I revisit it and turn it into an actual book.



 

1. [Oscillations](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_oscillations.pdf "Waves - Oscillations")
2. [Normal modes](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_normalmodes.pdf "Waves - Normal Modes")
3. [Fourier analysis](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_fourier.pdf "Waves - Fourier analysis")
4. [Transverse waves](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_transverse.pdf "Waves - Transverse waves")
5. [Longitudinal waves](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_longitudinal.pdf "Waves - Longitudinal waves")
6. [Dispersion](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_dispersion.pdf "Waves - Dispersion")
7. [2D waves and other topics](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_miscellaneous.pdf "Waves - 2D waves and other topics")
8. [Electromagnetic waves](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_electromagnetic.pdf "Waves - Electromagnetic waves")
9. [Interference and diffraction](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_interference.pdf "Waves - Interference and diffraction")
10. [Intro to Quantum Mechanics](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/waves_quantum.pdf "Waves - Intro to Quantum Mechanics")

[Corrections/typos/errata/clarifications](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/2025-10/wavescorrections.pdf "Waves - Corrections/typos/errata/clarifications")



 

Side note: If you know of any middle school or high school students (or eager elementary school students) who are learning algebra, they might enjoy my new [Algebra](/books/algebra "Algebra") book!



 

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