Concept

Breaking wave

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Explores the simulation of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the WKB method for analytical solutions.

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Explores wave packets, group velocity, dispersion relations, and Gaussian spectra in spatio-temporal analysis.

Explores the distribution of energy between transverse electromagnetic waves and electron plasma waves in a non-linear resonant coupling system.

Explores internal waves, wave evolution, classical dynamics, and the limiting absorption principle in chess billiards.

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