Calculating Wave Velocity in a Stadium

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Football season's coming up, so here we go.

Assume a circular stadium. A "Human wave" travels around the stadium.
T = period
a = distance to first row
d = distance between rows
n = row number (may need to be converted from a letter or double letter)

Wave velocity

v = wr
v = w(a+nd)


or...

w=2pi/T

v = 2pi(a+nd)/T

It is left to the student to work out the elliptical case.
 
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