Exploring the Wave Phenomenon in Physics

In summary: This is what we call a wave because it's the result of a disturbance in the medium. In the case of physical objects, the medium is usually a fluid (like water or air). The reason waves exist is because the medium is capable of storing and releasing energy in a way that is governed by the laws of physics. This is why waves are a common phenomenon in many fields of science, like electromagnetism and heat.However, there's one important thing to keep in mind when studying waves: they're not the only type of movement
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Fact is there is no probability as we generally know it...under certain circumstances there is just one result... In quantum physics , on the other hand, it has a more...unique meaning... personally I join the club of those who say it is ******** that is only growing bigger and bigger...maybe not ******** but not the right way to be "politically correct"...But even though it has gaping holes, at least quantum physics tries to explain things that were once...and still are just "the way things are"...Damn it I hate those words!...One way or the other, humanity will find the way forward as they have always done...and by humanity I mean mathematicians...and by mathematicians I mean anyone that isn't wasting his time..his life on ********...and by forward...I have been looking at the Poincare Theorem (not a conjecture anymore ha!ha!) and while I still lack the mathematical skill to really understand it ( obviously, since no one else except Perelman seems to do...it has taken them 8 bloody years to give him the M Prize!...so I guess I have an easy way out ), my guess is it should explain why we seem to asociate pretty much everything to a wave and what they really are...But it's easy to say that Ricci derivatives could have been used to explain it eons ago when you can' t actually prove it...
 
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Could matter be said to be made of standing waves?
 
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OLD Thread?
 

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