Talk:Acoustics/Fundamentals of Acoustics

Variables
The variables in each equation should be identified immediately above it. Furthermore, any details needed to understand the applicability of an equation should be stated explicity. D021317c 05:50, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Beginning at the beginning
Acoustics is the science of sound, isn't it? What is sound? I suspect it's a sensation, and that what we sense is acoustic energy, so we should approach the subject from a study of the nature of that energy. By introducing differential equations into the discussion, we lose any readers who haven't reached the second or third years of college, and those who haven't majored in the sciences. I disapprove. On the other hand, a great deal of complexity can be presented without any mathematics, leaving it to those who are familiar with arithmetic, algebra, calculus, or differential equations to infer what they must be, and presenting them separately later (aimed at various levels of education) for those who are interested. In other words, let's have a book which begins with accessibility to the broadest possible audience, and take it as far as readers care to go, but in easy, incremental stages. D021317c 06:36, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Equations of sound
The way the wave equations are written here seems a bit off. Is their a reason to denote the time variable by x instead of t? Thenub314 (talk) 15:46, 10 March 2009 (UTC)