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1. Ideal-string wave equation → Newton’s laws and forces
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   • University Physics 1: Wave Speed on a Stretched String ↗

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   • Small transverse displacements of a taut uniform ideal string satisfy ∂²y/∂t² = (T/μ)∂²y/∂x², giving wave speed √(T/μ).

   Small-slope transverse force balance for an ideal taut string.

2. Wave superposition and interference → Ideal-string wave equation
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   • University Physics 1: Interference of Waves ↗

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   • For a homogeneous linear wave equation, sums of solutions are also solutions. Overlapping disturbances add algebraically, allowing constructive or destructive interference.

   The ideal-string homogeneous linear equation is one model where superposition applies.

3. Fixed-end string modes → Ideal-string wave equation
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   • University Physics 1: Standing Waves and Resonance ↗

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   • An ideal uniform string fixed at both ends has wavelengths λ_n = 2L/n and frequencies f_n = nv/(2L), for positive integer n.

   Ideal uniform string with compatible fixed-end homogeneous boundary conditions.

4. Scalar paraxial Fresnel propagation → Ideal-string wave equation
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   • Optics 2.71: Recitation 3 (2014) ↗

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   • A monochromatic scalar field in a uniform medium propagates paraxially as E_z(x,y)≈e^(ikz)/(iλz)∫∫E₀(ξ,η)exp[ik((x−ξ)²+(y−η)²)/(2z)]dξdη, with k=2π/λ. The quadratic phase retains near-field diffraction structure.

   Scalar monochromatic paraxial Helmholtz propagation is a distinct wave-equation specialization; it does not use the string tension model.

5. P and S speeds in an isotropic elastic solid → Ideal-string wave equation
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   • 12.002 Lecture10, printed14–16, isotropic elastic P/S wave equations and speeds ↗

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   • For a homogeneous isotropic linearly elastic solid of densityρ, P waves have vP²=(λ+2μ)/ρ=(K+4μ/3)/ρ and S waves have vS²=μ/ρ. The tensor-strain convention is ε_ij=(∂_iu_j+∂_ju_i)/2 with σ_ij=λtr(ε)δ_ij+2με_ij and K=λ+2μ/3. Wave propagation is distinct from particle displacement.

   The elastic force balance specializes a wave equation.

6. Gravitational-wave strain and quadrupole domain → Ideal-string wave equation
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   • General Relativity · When gravity is weak ↗

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   • Weak far-zone gravitational waves change proper separations through transverse-traceless strain. For a slowly moving compact source, the leading radiated power is G⟨Σ_ij(Q⃛_ij)²⟩/(5c⁵), with Q the trace-free mass quadrupole. An interferometer measures an orientation- and frequency-dependent differential response, not every metric component independently.

   Linearized vacuum disturbances have wave dynamics.

7. Nonlinear optical polarization and phase matching → Ideal-string wave equation
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   • An introduction to nonlinear optics for accelerators (2012) ↗

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   • A nonlinear polarization drives new frequency components. In undepleted plane-wave second-harmonic generation with constant coupling, the generated amplitude sums phases along the medium; its intensity scales as L²sinc²(ΔkL/2), Δk=k_2ω−2k_ω. Phase matching therefore depends on dispersion, polarization and geometry rather than intensity alone.

   Nonlinear polarization is a source term in the electromagnetic wave equation.

8. Kerr envelopes, dispersion and soliton limits → Ideal-string wave equation
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   • Ultrafast Optics · Nonlinear pulse propagation (2005) ↗

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   • In a lossless scalar narrowband Kerr envelope convention, i∂_zA=−D∂²_tA+δ|A|²A represents second-order dispersion and self-phase modulation. The signs and amplitude normalization set which regime supports bright solitons. This reduced model omits higher dispersion, delayed nonlinear response and transverse dynamics; an ideal soliton is not immunity to perturbations.

   The envelope equation is a controlled reduction of propagation, not the full field equation.

9. Amplitude, phase, wavelength and polarization direction → Ideal-string wave equation
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   • University Physics Volume 1, §16.1: traveling waves ↗
   • University Physics Volume 1, §16.2: mathematics of waves ↗

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   • A sinusoidal displacement wave can be written y=Acos(kx−ωt+φ), with k=2π/λ and ω=2πf. Its phase advances toward increasing x and its phase speed is ω/k. Transverse displacement is perpendicular to propagation; longitudinal displacement is parallel. Mechanical waves require a medium, while electromagnetic waves can propagate in vacuum.

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10. Energy carried by a sinusoidal string wave → Ideal-string wave equation
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    • University Physics Volume 1, §16.4: energy and power of a wave ↗

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    • For one travelling sinusoidal small-transverse-displacement wave on a uniform taut ideal string, average transmitted mechanical power is μA²ω²v/2, with v=√(Tension/μ). Doubling amplitude at fixed frequency and string parameters quadruples this average power. This is energy flow along the string, rather than the transverse particle speed.

    The two records describe related physical or metrological models or distinctions; the present claim does not require every hypothesis or result in the linked record.