Normal Modes of a String

This animation shows the first eight contributing normal modes of string with fixed ends. This is equivalent to two identical traveling waves moving in opposite directions.

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For more information, take a look at:
• The Java JDK 1.1 source code
• A paper describing the approach
• The javadoc-generated class documentation

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Last Updated: Mon Apr 6 16:01:45 PDT 1998