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Away from the velocity-profile corners, $U^{\prime \prime }=0$ and an unstable normal mode satisfies ${\varphi }^{\prime \prime }-k^2\varphi =0$. On the upper half of the jet writeThe exterior solution is selected by decay at infinity. From the given velocity components, the perturbation pressure isContinuity of normal velocity and pressure therefore gives continuity of $\varphi$ and pressure matching at a piecewise-linear shear interface:At $y=1$ the slope of $U$ jumps from $-1$ to zero. Using ${\varphi }^{\prime }(1^{+})=-k\varphi (1)$ yieldsThe lower interface then follows by parity.

For the even sinuous mode of a planar jet, the derivative can jump at the center: being an even function does not require the one-sided derivative to vanish. The slope jump at $y=0$ is $-2$, whereas $[{\varphi }^{\prime }]=2{\varphi }^{\prime }(0^{+})$. ThusSubstitute $A=-k(1-c)B$ into the upper-interface relation. With $q=e^{-2k}$, division by $e^k$ and multiplication by $2k$ giveCollecting powers of the phase velocity gives the required dispersion relation:These equations can also be treated as a homogeneous two-by-two system in $A,B$, avoiding division by any potentially zero amplitude or phase-velocity factor.

For the odd varicose mode of a planar jet, $\varphi (0)=0$, so $A=0$; the central pressure matching at a piecewise-linear shear interface is automatic. The upper-interface equation becomes $ck{e}^k=\sinh k$, and thereforeThis phase velocity is real for every $k>0$, so the discrete varicose mode of a planar jet is neutral and there is no exponentially unstable odd mode.

To determine the unstable even modes, factor the reduced discriminant of the quadratic:The second factor vanishes at zero and has derivative $2(1-e^{-k}{)}^2>0$ for $k>0$, so it is positive there. The first factor starts at $-8$, is strictly increasing, and tends to infinity. It therefore has one positive zero $k_c$. The even phase velocities areIt follows thatFor $0<k<k_c$, one member of the complex conjugate pair grows at rate $k{c}_i=\sqrt{-D(k)}/4$ and the other decays. At $k=k_c$ the speeds merge and there is no exponential growth; for $k>k_c$ both speeds are real. This is inviscid instability of a triangular jet. The unstable sinuous mode of a planar jet also satisfies Howard's semicircle theorem with $U_{\min }=0$ and $U_{\max }=1$: its speed lies in the upper half-disk centered at $1/2$ with radius $1/2$.

Substitution of $e^{i(kx-\omega t)}$ in the Klein-Gordon equation gives $\boxed{{\omega }^2=1+k^2}$. On the positive-frequency branch, the phase velocity is $\boxed{c_p=\sqrt{1+k^2}/k}$ for $k\ne 0$, and the group velocity is $\boxed{c_g=k/\sqrt{1+k^2}}$. The group speed is less than one, although the phase speed exceeds one in magnitude.

With Fourier transform convention $\hat{f}(k)=\int f(x)e^{-ikx}dx$, the initial velocity has transform $2/(1+k^2)$. Each Fourier mode solves a harmonic-oscillator equation, givingFor $x=Vt$, symmetry makes this the imaginary part of ${\pi }^{-1}\int (1+k^2{)}^{-3/2}{e}^{it(\sqrt{1+k^2}-Vk)}dk$. When $0<V<1$, the phase has a unique stationary point $k_{\ast }=V/\sqrt{1-V^2}$, with phase value $\sqrt{1-V^2}$ and positive second derivative $(1-V^2{)}^{3/2}$. The stationary phase method givesFor $V>1$ there is no real stationary point. More precisely, finite propagation speed makes the solution at $x>t$ depend only on the initial data on $[x-t,x+t]\subset (0,\infty )$. On that half-line the initial velocity is $e^{-x}$, and $t{e}^{-x}$ exactly solves the equation with zero initial displacement. Uniqueness on the domain of dependence therefore givesThis exponential initial-velocity tail for the Klein-Gordon equation is exponentially small, rather than identically zero: the initial data already have a nonzero tail outside the origin.

The vacuum Maxwell equations are $\nabla \cdot E=\nabla \cdot B=0$, $\nabla \times E=-B_t$ and $\nabla \times B=E_t/c^2$. Taking the curl of Faraday's equation and using $\nabla \times (\nabla \times E)=\nabla (\nabla \cdot E)-{\nabla }^{2}E$ gives $-{\nabla }^{2}E=-E_{tt}/c^2$. The same calculation for Ampère's equation gives ${\nabla }^{2}B=B_{tt}/c^2$. Hence each Cartesian component satisfies the electromagnetic wave equation.

Model the walls as a perfect conductor, with no oscillating fields in its interior. The tangential electric field is zero at the surface, otherwise it would drive unbounded conductor currents. The normal magnetic field is zero, since the divergence-free field has a continuous normal component and the interior oscillating field is zero. Thus $n\times E=0$ and $n\cdot B=0$. Normal $E$ and tangential $B$ may be nonzero because surface charge and surface current support their jumps.

The PDF writes the full magnetic field as $B=B_0(x,y)\hat{z}{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)}$. Taken literally, this cannot be a nonzero travelling wave: $\nabla \cdot B=ik{B}_z$, so for $k\ne 0$ it forces $B_z=0$. The subsequent requests require transverse components. The consistent intended reading is $B_z=B_0(x,y)e^{i(kz-\omega t)}$, with transverse fields determined by the Maxwell equations. Use that reading below.

All fields have the same $z,t$ factor. Put $\Delta =(\omega /c{)}^2-k^2$. The harmonic Maxwell equations are $\nabla \times E=i\omega B$ and $\nabla \times B=-i\omega E/c^2$. Their $x$ and $y$ components givetogether with ${\partial }_y{E}_z-ik{E}_y=i\omega B_x$ and $ik{E}_x-{\partial }_x{E}_z=i\omega B_y$. Substitution and solving, for $\Delta \ne 0$, givesThe corresponding electric components areFor a transverse electric mode of a rectangular waveguide, $E_z=0$. The electromagnetic wave equation becomesAt $x=0,a$, the tangential component $E_y=-i\omega {\partial }_x{B}_z/\Delta$ vanishes, so ${\partial }_x{B}_0=0$; at $y=0,b$, the corresponding condition $E_x=0$ gives ${\partial }_y{B}_0=0$. These are Neumann boundary conditions, and the normal-$B$ conditions give the same conclusions through the displayed transverse magnetic components. Separation giveswhere $m,n\ge 0$ are integers and $(m,n)\ne (0,0)$. The constant candidate is not a physical oscillating mode: its transverse derivatives vanish, so it has $E=0$ and Faraday's equation forces $B=0$ for $\omega \ne 0$. More generally a hollow single-conductor guide has no transverse-electromagnetic zero-cutoff mode: its transverse electrostatic potential is harmonic with the same constant boundary value, hence constant, leaving zero transverse field.

The dispersion relation is ${\omega }^2=c^2(k^2+{\kappa }_{mn}^2)$. The waveguide cutoff frequency for this mode is ${\omega }_{mn}=c{\kappa }_{mn}$; below it $k$ is imaginary and the field is evanescent. Since $a\ge b$, the lowest cutoff occurs at $(m,n)=(1,0)$:For a mode propagating in the positive $z$ direction ($k>0$), above its own cutoff ${\omega }_{mn}$, the phase velocity and group velocity areThese waveguide phase and group velocities have product $c^2$. The superluminal phase speed describes motion of a constant phase, while a narrow wave packet travels at the subluminal group velocity; it does not transmit information faster than light. At cutoff $k=0$ there is no travelling mode with nonzero longitudinal flux.

Assume small-amplitude motion, a thin uniform elastic plate, no prestress, and inviscid, irrotational deep water. Write the upward displacement as $\eta (x,t)$, the ice mass per unit area as $m={\rho }_{i}h$, and its flexural rigidity aswhere $E$ is Young's modulus and $\nu$ is Poisson's ratio. The plate equation is $m{\eta }_{tt}+D{\eta }_{xxxx}=p$, where $p$ is the perturbation of upward water pressure.

Let the water velocity potential be $\varphi =A{e}^{kz}{e}^{i(kx-\omega t)}$ below the mean surface $z=0$, with $k>0$. This solves the Laplace equation and decays at depth. For $\eta ={\eta }_0{e}^{i(kx-\omega t)}$, the kinematic boundary condition ${\eta }_t={\varphi }_z$ gives $A=-i\omega {\eta }_0/k$. The linear Bernoulli equation givesEliminating $p$ proves the dispersion relation of a floating elastic plate:Thus the desired wavenumber is the positive root ofFor positive $D$ and $\omega$, this root is unique: the polynomial is negative at zero and positive eventually; if its derivative starts negative, that derivative crosses zero only once, at a negative-valued minimum before the positive root. If a finite water depth $d$ is required, the corresponding relation is ${\omega }^2=(gk+D{k}^5/{\rho }_w)\tanh (kd)/[1+({\rho }_{i}h/{\rho }_w)k\tanh (kd)]$.

Put $\beta =D/{\rho }_w$ and $\alpha ={\rho }_{i}h/{\rho }_w$. Differentiation gives the group velocityFor long periods, the surface gravity wave limit gives $c_g\sim gT/(4\pi )$. At sufficiently short periods, plate inertia and bending dominate, $\omega \sim \sqrt{D/m}{k}^2$ and $c_g\sim 2\sqrt{D/m}k$. Consequently the curve has a group-velocity minimum of a flexural-gravity wave between branches that rise toward both long and short periods, within the formal deep-water plate model. Very short waves eventually fall outside the thin-plate approximation.

The plot is an original model illustration with $h=1\mathrm{m}$, $E=5\mathrm{GPa}$, $\nu =0.3$, ${\rho }_i=917\mathrm{kg}{\mathrm{m}}^{-3}$, ${\rho }_w=1025\mathrm{kg}{\mathrm{m}}^{-3}$, and $g=9.81\mathrm{m}{\mathrm{s}}^{-2}$. Its two minima occur at different periods.

A wave packet near the group-speed minimum carries energy away relatively slowly, so sustained forcing can concentrate energy in that period band. However, wind generation cannot be decided from $c_g$ alone. A steadily translating pressure pattern resonates through its phase velocity $c_p=\omega /k$; it must reach the minimum phase speed of a flexural-gravity wave. Actual wind-wave growth also requires suitable pressure coupling and enough energy input to overcome damping. A coherent cover suppresses ordinary free-surface wave generation, while incoming ocean swell can still excite bending and break the cover.

For disconnected pancake ice or frazil ice, remove the assumption of coherent elastic bending and retain the effective mass loading as a first conservative approximation. Setting $D=0$ gives ${\omega }^2=gk/[1+({\rho }_{i}h/{\rho }_w)k]$. To describe damping as well, replace the elastic layer by a viscous suspension and match velocity and stress to the water beneath: the resulting viscous layer model of frazil-pancake ice has complex $k$, whose real part gives dispersion and imaginary part gives attenuation. Keller's 1998 two-layer model implements this replacement. Effective viscosity and connectedness must reflect the particular cover; zero rigidity alone does not model attenuation.

Assume small-amplitude, nonrotating, inviscid Boussinesq approximation motion about a fluid at rest, with stable background stratification. In either uniform layer let $b=-g{\rho }^{\prime }/{\rho }_{\ast }$ be the buoyancy perturbation and $N^2=-(g/{\rho }_{\ast }){\rho }_0^{\prime }(z)>0$. The linear equations areFor a plane internal gravity wave proportional to $e^{i(kx+mz-\omega t)}$, continuity gives $u=-mw/k$, and horizontal momentum gives $p={\rho }_{\ast }\omega u/k$. Substituting these into vertical momentum and buoyancy evolution givesChoose $k>0$, $\omega >0$. Its group velocity isThus downward energy propagation has $m>0$. If $\theta$ is the acute angle between the ray and the vertical in its direction of propagation, then $\tan \theta =|m|/k$, soThe phase velocity is parallel to $(k,m)$, while ${\mathbf{c}}_g\cdot (k,m)=0$: phase and group velocities are perpendicular, and their vertical components have opposite signs. Propagating incident waves require $0<\omega <N_1$; both layers support propagating waves only when $0<\omega <\min (N_1,N_2)$. At or above $N_2$, the lower layer cannot carry a propagating downward internal wave.

For the amplitude convention used below, $\eta$ multiplies the unit particle-displacement vector along the ray, with positive horizontal component. That vector is $(\sin \theta ,-\cos \theta )$ for a downward wave and $(\sin \theta ,+\cos \theta )$ for an upward wave. Stating this polarization convention is important when assigning a sign to a reflection coefficient.

Take $U_0>0$, $k=2\pi /L>0$, and represent the stationary topographic internal gravity wave by phase $kx+mz$. Its laboratory angular frequency is zero, and its intrinsic frequency is $\hat{\omega }=-k{U}_0$. The internal gravity wave dispersion relation givesThe radiation condition selects $m>0$, since this makes the vertical group velocity upward. The lower kinematic boundary condition is $w=U_0{h}_x$, so a corresponding linear wave field iswhere $\zeta$ is the vertical fluid displacement. The constant-phase lines of an internal gravity wave slope down to the right, with $dz/dx=-k/m$.

Let $K^2=k^2+m^2$. In the frame fixed to the hills the phase pattern is stationary: its phase velocity is zero, while the group velocity isEnergy travels up and downwind, with ray slope $dz/dx=m/k$. In coordinates $x^{\prime }=x-U_{0}t$ moving with the wind, the phase is $k{x}^{\prime }+mz+k{U}_{0}t$. ThusThe intrinsic phase velocity is upstream and downward; the intrinsic group velocity is upstream and upward, perpendicular to the wave vector. Adding $(U_0,0)$ to the group velocity recovers the laboratory energy ray.

Vertically propagating waves require $k{U}_0<N_0$, equivalently $\boxed{L>2\pi U_0/N_0}$. At equality the vertical group velocity vanishes; above the mountain-wave cutoff the bounded response is an evanescent wave. The linearization requires small terrain slope $k{h}_0\ll 1$ and small wave-induced displacement gradients $|m|h_0\ll 1$, often summarized by $N_0{h}_0/U_0\ll 1$. The model also neglects rotation, viscosity and compressibility; its scales must permit those approximations.

Choose the positive-frequency branch with $k>0$, let $K=|\mathbf{k}|$, and write $\mathbf{k}=K(\cos \theta ,\sin \theta )$. The internal gravity wave dispersion relation is $\omega =Nk/K=N\cos \theta$. The phase velocity and group velocity areThey are perpendicular: the phase advances normal to the crests while energy travels along them. For a general signed $k$, the positive frequency is $N|k|/K$ and the horizontal component of group velocity changes sign with $k$.

If $\omega >N$, there is no real wave vector satisfying this relation. For prescribed real horizontal wavenumber, $m^2=k^2(N^2/{\omega }^2-1)<0$, so a bounded boundary response is an evanescent wave, rather than a freely propagating plane wave.

For a single incompressible plane wave, internal-wave polarization gives ${\mathbf{u}}_1\cdot \mathbf{k}=0$. Its oscillatory displacement ${\mathbf{\xi }}_1$ is parallel to ${\mathbf{u}}_1$ and therefore also perpendicular to $\mathbf{k}$. Every spatial derivative of the plane-wave field is proportional to a component of $\mathbf{k}$, soThere is no leading Stokes drift for that single wave. The fluid parcels oscillate along straight lines within phase planes and never sample a spatial change of the wave along their displacement. This conclusion does not prohibit cross terms between different wave vectors.

Substitute $\varphi =e^{i(kx-\omega t)}$ into the mixed-derivative equation. Its left side is $k\omega \varphi$, so for $k\ne 0$ the dispersion relation, phase velocity and group velocity areThe graph of a function for each velocity is symmetric about $k=0$, singular at zero, and approaches the horizontal axis as $|k|$ grows. Energy packets travel right while their crests travel left.

At a distant fixed observer $x>0$, stationary components obey $x/t=c_g(k)$, so $|k|=\sqrt{\alpha t/x}$. As time increases their wavelength $2\pi /|k|$ decreases and their frequency magnitude $|\omega |=\sqrt{\alpha x/t}$ decreases; the crests pass toward decreasing $x$.

For the given initial spectrum the solution isThe value of a regular spectrum at the single point $k=0$ is irrelevant to this integral; a nonzero spatially constant mode is incompatible with the PDE. For asymptotic calculation assume the usual smooth localized spectrum, with sufficient integrability for the following stationary-phase steps.

At $x=Vt$, $V>0$, the phase $\Phi (k)=Vk+\alpha /k$ has stationary points $k=\pm k_0$, $k_0=\sqrt{\alpha /V}$. Their values are $\pm 2\sqrt{\alpha V}$ and their second derivatives are $\pm 2\alpha /k_0^3$. Expanding quadratically and using the oscillatory Gaussian integral gives the stationary phase leading termFor real data this is twice the real part of the positive-frequency term. If a stationary coefficient vanishes, the formula instead asserts that its contribution has smaller order. At $x=-Vt$, the phase derivative is $-V-\alpha /k^2<0$, so there is no real stationary point and no corresponding $t^{-1/2}$ wave packet. For smooth compactly supported spectra away from zero, repeated integration by parts gives decay faster than any power of $t$. More general spectra require endpoint/tail control; absence of stationary points alone does not justify that stronger rate for arbitrary $A$.

Use an acoustic velocity potential $\phi$ with $\mathbf{u}=\nabla \phi$ and $p^{\prime }=-{\rho }_0{\phi }_t$. It obeys the wave equation ${\phi }_{tt}=c_0^2{\nabla }^2\phi$. The rigid walls require zero normal velocity, hence Neumann boundary conditions on the transverse variables. Separation givesDefine ${\kappa }_{mn}^2=m^2/{\alpha }^2+n^2/{\beta }^2$. The dispersion relation, phase velocity and group velocity for positive $k,\omega$ areFor a dispersive mode, $\omega (0)=c_0{\kappa }_{mn}>0$, $c$ decreases from infinity to $c_0$, and $c_g$ increases from zero to $c_0$. The $(0,0)$ mode has $\omega =c_{0}k$ and $c=c_g=c_0$: it propagates without dispersion.

Let $\mathcal{A}={\pi }^2\alpha \beta$ be the cross-sectional area. The appropriate time and cross-sectional average at fixed $x$ isWrite $F_{mn}(y,z)$ for the product of cosines and $Q={\mathcal{A}}^{-1}\int F_{mn}^{2}dydz$. Its transverse eigenvalue and wall conditions give $\int |{\nabla }_{\perp }{F}_{mn}{|}^2={\kappa }_{mn}^2\int F_{mn}^2$ by integration by parts. The kinetic energy density and compressive acoustic energy density are ${\rho }_0|\mathbf{u}{|}^2/2$ and $(p^{\prime }{)}^2/(2{\rho }_0{c}_0^2)$. Time averaging each squared real oscillation contributes a factor $1/2$, soThis holds for every dispersive mode, and also for the zero mode.

For localized smooth initial data, a dispersive mode contains integrals of the form $\int a(k)e^{it[kV-\omega (k)]}dk$ along $x=Vt$. When $0<V<c_0$, a stationary point exists at $k_{\ast }={\kappa }_{mn}V/\sqrt{c_0^2-V^2}$. It is nondegenerate because ${\omega }^{\prime \prime }(k)=c_0{\kappa }_{mn}^2/(k^2+{\kappa }_{mn}^2{)}^{3/2}>0$. The stationary phase method therefore gives an oscillatory amplitude $O(t^{-1/2})$ for each excited dispersive mode, and for their sum under sufficient mode summability.

At $V=c_0$, no dispersive mode has a finite stationary wavenumber; with smooth localized data these contributions decay, while the nondispersive right-moving pulse retains its original amplitude. Thus a general disturbance with nonzero zero-mode component has an undiminished $O(1)$ pulse on the sound-speed ray. If that component is absent, this surviving contribution is absent too. For $V>c_0$, finite propagation speed puts a compactly supported initial disturbance outside this ray for all sufficiently large $t$, so the field is eventually zero. Rapidly localized, rather than strictly compact, data give a correspondingly negligible tail instead.

Write $u=u_x$ and $B=B_z$. In this geometry the Lorentz force density is purely longitudinal and equals $-{\partial }_x(B^2/2{\mu }_0){\mathbf{e}}_x$. The ideal magnetohydrodynamic induction equation becomes $B_t+{\partial }_x(uB)=0$. Together with the continuity equation and adiabatic pressure evolution, the four primitive-variable equations areThey have the required quasilinear form ${\mathbf{U}}_t+A{\mathbf{U}}_x=0$ withHere the notation $u_x$ in derivatives means ${\partial }_{x}u$, whereas $u$ denotes the longitudinal velocity. Spatial dependence is one-dimensional; time dependence is allowed in the wave problem.

Put $c_f^2=\gamma p/\rho +B^2/({\mu }_0\rho )$, and assume $\rho >0$ and $c_f>0$. Expansion of the characteristic polynomial givesTwo independent eigenvectors for ${\lambda }_0$ can be chosen as $(1,0,0,0{)}^T$ and $(0,-B/{\mu }_0,0,1{)}^T$. For the two propagating branches, useful eigenvectors areThe repeated branch advects an entropy disturbance and a disturbance with unchanged total gas-plus-magnetic pressure. The $\pm$ branches are perpendicular fast magnetosonic waves, with speed $c_f$ relative to the fluid.

On a uniform background, a Fourier amplitude $\hat{\mathbf{U}}{e}^{i(kx-\omega t)}$ obeys $(kA-\omega I)\hat{\mathbf{U}}=0$. Thus the eigenvalues are the phase velocities $\omega /k$ for $k\ne 0$, and the four dispersion branches are $\omega =ku$ twice and $\omega =k(u\pm c_f)$. The reduced geometry retains neither an independent transverse velocity nor an additional propagating Alfvén wave.

To construct each finite-amplitude simple wave in magnetohydrodynamics, trace a state-space curve with tangent $r_{\pm }$, using $\rho$ as its parameter. Integrating the pressure and magnetic components givesThe constants $K$ and $b$ are the entropy and transverse magnetic flux freezing invariants along this state curve. HenceSince $A{\mathbf{U}}_{\rho }={\lambda }_{\pm }{\mathbf{U}}_{\rho }$, substituting this curve into the original system reduces it to ${\rho }_t+{\lambda }_{\pm }(\rho ){\rho }_x=0$. By the chain rule,Thus the characteristic speed itself satisfies the Inviscid Burgers equation. For initial speed $L(a)$, its smooth solution is ${\lambda }_{\pm }=L(a)$ along $x=a+tL(a)$, until the characteristic curves intersect. This derivation supplies genuine state curves for simple waves, not merely a linear dispersion relation.

Write $\mathbf{u}={\partial }_t\mathbf{\xi }$. In the uniform equilibrium, the linearized ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations reduce toIntegrating from the undisplaced reference state, and using the uniform background magnetic field, givesThese are the perturbations induced by the fluid displacement; independent time-independent changes to the reference state are excluded. The linear Lorentz force density is $(\nabla \times \delta \mathbf{B})\times \mathbf{B}/{\mu }_0$. Its magnetic pressure and magnetic tension parts giveFor a Fourier mode, put $s=\mathbf{k}\cdot \mathbf{\xi }$, $q=\mathbf{B}\cdot \mathbf{\xi }$ and $K=\mathbf{k}\cdot \mathbf{B}$. Then $\delta p=-i\gamma ps$ and $\delta \mathbf{B}=i(K\mathbf{\xi }-\mathbf{B}s)$. Substitution givesIf $s=q=0$, the fluid displacement is perpendicular to both the wave vector and the magnetic field. Only magnetic tension restores it, andThis is the Alfvén wave. The Alfvén velocity is the field-directed propagation vector: $\omega =\pm \mathbf{k}\cdot {\mathbf{v}}_a$. The signed phase velocity normal to the wavefront is $\pm v_a\cos \theta \hat{\mathbf{k}}$; the group velocity is $\pm {\mathbf{v}}_a$. The distinction matters for oblique propagation. For generic directions the Alfvén wave has one transverse polarization, with $\delta \rho =\delta p=0$.

To obtain the other magnetohydrodynamic waves, take the scalar products with $\mathbf{k}$ and $\mathbf{B}$:The determinant condition for a nonzero pair $(s,q)$ isThus the fast magnetosonic wave and slow magnetosonic wave haveTheir fluid displacements lie in the plane of $\mathbf{k}$ and $\mathbf{B}$ and are generally compressive. In the fast magnetosonic wave, gas and magnetic pressure provide the stronger restoring combination; in the slow magnetosonic wave, their perturbations oppose one another. The phase speeds depend on direction. They satisfy $v_{\mathrm{sl}}\le \min (c_s,v_a)$ and $v_{\mathrm{f}}\ge \max (c_s,v_a)$. For parallel propagation the two speeds are $c_s$ and $v_a$, with a degeneracy between a transverse branch and the Alfvén wave. For perpendicular propagation $v_{\mathrm{f}}^2=c_s^2+v_a^2$ and $v_{\mathrm{sl}}=0$; the latter is a nonpropagating limiting disturbance. These special directions require interpreting the polarizations by continuity rather than assuming three distinct nonzero frequencies.

For the positive-frequency internal gravity wave branch, $\omega =N{K}_h/K$. Differentiating with respect to the components of the wave vector gives the group velocity,The wavefront-normal phase velocity is ${\mathbf{c}}_p=\omega \mathbf{k}/K^2$. Directly,The negative-frequency branch changes both propagation signs but not their orthogonality. Another proof is that $\omega$ is homogeneous of degree zero in the wave vector, so Euler's homogeneous-function identity gives $\mathbf{k}\cdot {\nabla }_{\mathbf{k}}\omega =0$. Energy propagates along constant-phase surfaces, rather than normal to them. When $m=0$, $\omega =N$ and ${\mathbf{c}}_g=0$; the scalar-product result remains true, but there is no nonzero group-velocity direction to describe geometrically.

Write $w(x,t)$ for the vertical displacement of the sea ice, and take the undisturbed water surface as $z=0$, with water occupying $z<0$. The elastic plate has areal mass $m={\rho }_{i}h$ and bending stiffnessHere $E$ is Young's modulus and $\eta$ is Poisson's ratio. We neglect in-plane prestress, viscosity and plate shear deformation, and linearize about hydrostatic equilibrium. These are important assumptions: perfect elasticity alone does not specify every term in a floating-plate model.

For a plane wave $w=\hat{w}{e}^{i(kx-\omega t)}$, $k>0$, potential flow in deep water has velocity potential $\varphi =\hat{\varphi }{e}^{kz}{e}^{i(kx-\omega t)}$. This solves Laplace's equation and decays downwards. The kinematic boundary condition gives $k\hat{\varphi }=-i\omega \hat{w}$. Linearizing the water pressure at the displaced interface gives an upward excess loadThe elastic plate equation is $m{w}_{tt}+D{w}_{xxxx}=p$. Substitution and multiplication by $k$ therefore give the flexural-gravity wave dispersion relationEquivalently, with $\alpha ={\rho }_{i}h/{\rho }_w$ and $\beta =D/{\rho }_w$,This determines the positive wavenumber implicitly for prescribed positive angular frequency. It is unambiguous: the derivative of ${\omega }^2$ is $(g+5\beta k^4+4\alpha \beta k^5)/(1+\alpha k{)}^2>0$, while ${\omega }^2$ runs from zero to infinity.