Waves in the Environment and Telecommunications (U03423)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : MAT-4-Wav

Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics.

Waves are one of the most widespread and familiar features of the natural world, ranging from waves on water to light to optical fibres. This course will give a unified description and mathematical framework for modelling various types of wave motion. The two major types of waves will be studied, hyperbolic and dispersive waves. Physical examples will be emphasised, with examples taken from traffic flow theory, supersonic flow, water waves, laser physics and optical telecommunications.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours), (School of Mathematics, Schedule P)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Wednesday	14:00	14:50	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To develop the ability to analyse, through using developed mathematical techniques, the main types of wave motion, hyperbolic waves and dispersive waves.