 Initial velocity (source code)

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= Initial velocity
{title2=$\partial_tu(\mathbf x,t_0)$}

Initial velocity specifies the time derivative of the <displacement field> at the starting time. A second-order <wave equation> requires it independently of <initial displacement>. Both vanish for a causal scattered field before an incident pulse reaches its scatterer.

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