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Homework Statement
In a lab experiment about Gravity Waves and Dispersion, one of the preliminary questions is:
Show that for gravity waves the group velocity is:
C[itex]_{g}[/itex] = [itex]\frac{C_{p}}{2}[/itex][itex]\sqrt{1 + \frac{2kh}{sinh(2kh)}}[/itex]
Homework Equations
C[itex]_{g}[/itex] = [itex]dω/dk[/itex]
ω = [itex]\sqrt{gktanh(kh)}[/itex]
where ω is the angular frequency, and
C[itex]_{p}[/itex] = [itex]\sqrt{\frac{gtanh(hk)}{k}}[/itex]
The Attempt at a Solution
By using the product rule and the chain rule I get
[itex]d/dk[/itex](gktanh(kh))[itex]^{1/2}[/itex] = [itex]\frac{1}{2}[/itex](gktanh(kh))[itex]^{-1/2}[/itex](gtanh(kh) + [itex]gk/cosh^{2}(kh))[/itex]
But I have no idea where to go from here.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.