Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2025 / ii / Paper 3 / 39A / a / iii

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Solution

Since

c_{p} c_{g} = c^{2},

the phase speed is always larger than the group speed for nonzero finite

k

. Wave crests therefore move faster than the packet envelope.

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