Week of 10/22

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On Friday we do examples of Fourier Transforms.  As you will see, one important application of FT is in computing diffraction patterns.  Here is a nice animation of a wave-tank simulation showing the constructive and destructive interference of waves hitting a rectangular opening.
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[http://www.umsl.edu/~fraundorfp/p325/wslit.gif Wave-tank simulation of single-slit diffraction]

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Pdf.png Download 10/24 Fourier integral

On Friday we do examples of Fourier Transforms. As you will see, one important application of FT is in computing diffraction patterns. Here is a nice animation of a wave-tank simulation showing the constructive and destructive interference of waves hitting a rectangular opening.

Wave-tank simulation of single-slit diffraction

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