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In this textbook a combination of standard mathematics and modern numerical methods is used to
describe a wide range of natural wave phenomena  such as sound  light and water waves 
particularly in specific popular contexts  e.g. colors or the acoustics of musical instruments.
It introduces the reader to the basic physical principles that allow the description of the
oscillatory motion of matter and classical fields  as well as resulting concepts including
interference  diffraction  and coherence. Numerical methods offer new scientific insights and
make it possible to handle interesting cases that can't readily be addressed using analytical
mathematics  this holds true not only for problem solving but also for the description of
phenomena. Essential physical parameters are brought more into focus  rather than concentrating
on the details of which mathematical trick should be used to obtain a certain solution. Readers
will learn how time-resolved frequency analysis offers a deeper understanding of the interplay
between frequency and time  which is relevant to many phenomena involving oscillations and
waves. Attention is also drawn to common misconceptions resulting from uncritical use of the
Fourier transform. The book offers an ideal guide for upper-level undergraduate physics
students and will also benefit physics instructors. Program codes in Matlab and Python 
together with interesting files for use in the problems  are provided as free supplementary
material.

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