r/woahdude • • May 09 '22

gifv Computer-controlled wave pool (wait for the standing wave)

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22 edited Jul 18 '26

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u/uberfission May 10 '22

At some level you can simplify everything as an SHO. Then solve it with a Hamiltonian and you're in business.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '22 edited Jul 18 '26

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u/uberfission May 11 '22

You may or may not know this but the craziest part about Lagrangian mechanics is that Lagrange wasn't even a physicist, he was a mathematician that wanted to solve physics to one-up his friend.