Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematical-methods-ii-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2021/7/iv/d/solution

At , the incident pulse has left the physical half-line, so only the inverted reflected pulse remains. Its straight segments pass through
It subsequently travels toward decreasing at the original wave speed , with unchanged width and peak amplitude magnitude .
Figure 1.
Total displacement during reflection of a symmetric triangular pulse at a fixed end
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