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What physical effects are involved?

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In the previous chapters, attention was given to deriving complicated wave equations or evolution equations. One should certainly ask: “why equations”? Ian Stewart [230] asks this question and gives the answer that “equations are the lifeblood of mathematics, science and technology”, and adds that “… they reveal deep and beautiful patterns and regularities”.

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