Berry, M. V. and D. A. Greenwood.
Text: "On the ubiquity of the sine wave." The sinusoid is the only wave that travels without change of shape (linear propagation, dispersive medium). American Journal of Physics. 43(1), Jan. 1975. p. 91.
See Also: Sine waves, wave propagation, dispersion, harmonics, fundamentals of physics.
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