Triangular pulse splitting under the wave equation
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For the triangular function released with zero initial velocity in the whole-line wave equation, the D'Alembert formula gives the displayed solution. Here . Two equal half-amplitude triangles translate in opposite directions, overlapping at early times and separating after . This defines a weak solution, because the initial slope has jumps; away from the translated corner lines it is a classical solution. Its Fourier transform is , with removable value one at .
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