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UCCS MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM

Thursday, March 8, 2007
12:15-1:30,  UC Room 303A-B


(Refreshments at 12:00 pm)

Video Lecture* (QuickTime)
Slides (PDF)

Huygens Principle


Peter D. Lax
Courant Institute, New York University


Abstract
Waves governed by the wave equation travel with the speed of sound; a transparent proof of this proposition will be presented.

*TIPS:
- Prior to viewing the video/slides, make sure you have QuickTime 7+ / Acrobat Reader installed on your computer!
- You may choose to first save the movie to your local drive, by right clicking on the movie link and choose "Save Link As..., and then open the file in QuickTime. This way you may adjust the window size to optimize your viewing experience.