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IT has been stated as a general proposition by physicists that it is impossible to propagate a finite number of simple harmonic waves without change of type, the reason being that the discontinuity of motion at the beginning and end of the train of waves cannot be represented by a simple sine or cosine function.
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MALLOCK, A. Propagation of a Finite Number of Waves. Nature 106, 567 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106567a0
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