Xo
Yo
delay
fps
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-0.8 ≤ Xo,Yo ≤ 0.8.
Linear waves. A CPU based simulation of the wave equation
∂t2u = Δu ,
u|t=0 = exp(-(r - ro)2/
a2).
Simple explicit scheme on a 250x250 grid. GPU makes graphics only.
My 2.4 GHz Core2 is surprisingly fast (~60 fps) in FF4b8.
You see dynamics of a Gaussian wave packet.
It is evident for linear waves that to make u = 0 at a boundary
one can use a symmetric negative imaginary source. For a square membrane
these sources make an infinite lattice. Therefore we see interference pattern
of circular waves made by these imaginary sources.