Why frequency stays the same during transmission and reflection

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Why does frequency of a wave stay the same during transmission and reflection?
 

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Everything has a fixed phase relation - if one cycle is incoming every period T, everything advances by 1 cycle during this time. Reflection and transmission do not "add" or "remove" oscillations.
 

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