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The dispersion relation for Love waves in a layer on a half-space is modified by introducing the wave number and its square instead of the phase velocity. The implicit function theorem is then used to derive the analytical formulae for the group velocity and for the phase- and group-velocity partial derivatives with respect to the parameters of the medium. The formulae are compared with those obtained by Novotný (1971) where the traditional formulation of the dispersion relation was used.
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Novotný, O. A Fast Method of Computing Group-Velocity Partial Derivatives for Love Waves Propagating in a Layer on a Half-Space. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 43, 78–86 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023314225947
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