Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/iii/paper-345/1/c/solution

At , the slowly varying wave envelope obeys
where the group velocity obtained from is
It satisfies . If initially , the envelope structure varies across the wavevector and translates unchanged in the direction at speed
Thus internal-wave crests propagate with phase velocity parallel to , while the packet and its energy propagate perpendicular to with the group velocity.

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