wave equation

Summary

wave equation is a hyperbolic partial differential equation^[1]. It draws 664 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_partial_differential_equation category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• wave equation is credited with the discovery of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert^[3].
• wave equation is credited with the discovery of Leonhard Euler^[4].
• wave equation's image is recorded as Wave equation 1D fixed endpoints.gif^[5].
• wave equation's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic partial differential equation^[6].
• wave equation's instance of is recorded as second order linear differential equation^[7].
• wave equation's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00562751^[8].
• wave equation's Commons category is recorded as Wave equation^[9].
• wave equation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/084qk^[10].
• wave equation's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph327629^[11].
• wave equation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[12].
• wave equation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/dAlemberts-wave-equation^[13].
• wave equation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/wave-equation^[14].
• wave equation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/wave-equation^[15].
• wave equation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/wave-equation^[16].
• wave equation's different from is recorded as wave function^[17].
• wave equation's defining formula is recorded as \frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2} = c^2 \nabla^2 u^[18].
• wave equation's defining formula is recorded as \Box_c u = 0^[19].
• wave equation's MathWorld ID is recorded as WaveEquation^[20].
• wave equation's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1926424^[21].
• wave equation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Wave-Equation^[22].
• wave equation's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as wave-equations^[23].
• wave equation's nLab ID is recorded as wave equation^[24].
• wave equation's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 095886^[25].
• wave equation's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "WaveEquation::kgtr2"]^[26].
• wave equation's World of Physics ID is recorded as WaveEquation^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Jean Le Rond d'Alembert^[3], a philosopher^[28], 1717–1783^[29], of Kingdom of France^[30], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[31], specialised in mathematics^[32] and Leonhard Euler^[4], a mathematician^[33], 1707–1783^[34], of Old Swiss Confederacy^[35], specialised in mathematical analysis^[36].

Why It Matters

wave equation draws 664 Wikipedia views per month (hyperbolic_partial_differential_equation category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]