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I understand that waves are function of space and time in nature, so E(x,t) will be fundamental description of a wave. I notice that often people denote a wave as E(t) for instance, an envelop function of a pulse. For this case, E is an oscillation at a fixed spatial point x? So that the point x moves up and down as the wave passes through it in time?
And for E(x) this is a snap shot picture of the wave at some time t? This is easier to see (although i don't know if I understand it correctly)
Well then can I treat E(x) and E(t) as like... same quantity in some sense?
Like for example, when I read a Gaussian envelope E(t), then I image the pulse to be Gaussian in space at some point in time...
Thanks for help!
And for E(x) this is a snap shot picture of the wave at some time t? This is easier to see (although i don't know if I understand it correctly)
Well then can I treat E(x) and E(t) as like... same quantity in some sense?
Like for example, when I read a Gaussian envelope E(t), then I image the pulse to be Gaussian in space at some point in time...
Thanks for help!
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