1B24 Waves, Optics and Acoustics

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Notes here are intended to reinforce, not replace, the content of lectures

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In these notes you will find references to further reading, by reference to pages in standard texts. The abbreviations used are:

• SB for Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Serway and Beichner, Saunders
• FGT for Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Fishbane, Gasiorowicz and Thornton, Prentice-Hall
• AF for Physics, by Alonso and Finn, Prentice-Hall
• PIV ot PV for Physics of Vibrations and Waves, 4th or 5th edition, by H.J. Pain, Prentice-Hall
• H for Optics (2nd edition) by E. Hecht Addison-Wesley (1974)

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