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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 iii Paper 77 1 ii Solution by
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For , the dispersion relation gives . Put . Boundedness as selects , rather than the exponentially growing root. The internal-wave polarization relations now yieldAgain take real parts and set . This is an evanescent wave, decaying over distance ; there is no propagating far-field internal gravity wave at this frequency. The pressure amplitude is in quadrature with the horizontal velocity, so the time-averaged horizontal pressure-work flux vanishes. The equality is a singular limiting case and is outside the two frequency ranges considered here.
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