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Longitudal waves vs transverse waves

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 12:12:20 2020 No.11560574 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11560595 >>11560647

I cant understand the difference. Is it because i view each particle as a wave where each is a single wave-entity? Do i need to understand specetime to understand the difference between these two waves?

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Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2020 12:30:31 No.11560595 Report

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>>11560574
isn't the difference merely a matter of cooridnates aligned along the propagation direction?

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Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2020 13:10:03 No.11560647 Report

Quoted By: >>11560669

>>11560574
Longitudinal waves have displacements parallel to the wave vector, while transverse waves have displacements perpendicular to the wave vector.
>Do i need to understand specetime to understand the difference between these two waves?
WTF? No.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2020 13:22:04 No.11560669 Report

Quoted By: >>11560675 >>11560936

>>11560647
Ok i think i understand know. Then how the hell was Tesla convinced that electrons could act as longitudal waves?
I kinda want to know what led him to believe that.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2020 13:27:00 No.11560675 Report

Quoted By: >>11560687

>>11560669
>Then how the hell was Tesla convinced that electrons could act as longitudal waves?
No idea bro. But I googled "Tesla longitudinal wave" and found tons of articles on it. Should be easy for you to research it.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2020 13:37:36 No.11560687 Report

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>>11560675
Thanks bro

> Maxwell's equations, as we now understand them, retain that conclusion: in free-space or other uniform isotropic dielectrics, electro-magnetic waves are strictly transverse. However electromagnetic waves can display a longitudinal component in the electric and/or magnetic fields when traversing birefringent materials, or inhomogeneous materials especially at interfaces (surface waves for instance) such as Zenneck waves.[10]

I guess there are value reasons as to what med him believe it.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Apr 2020 15:32:07 No.11560936 Report

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>>11560669
AC does exactly that, the electricity flows forwards then backwards along a straight line (cable)

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