doppler.ipynb

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    "In classical physics, where the speeds of source and the receiver relative to the medium are lower than the velocity of waves in the medium, the relationship between observed frequency $f$ and emitted frequency $f_\\text{0}$ is given by\n",
    "\\begin{equation}\n",
    "f = \\left( \\frac{c + v_\\text{r}}{c + v_\\text{s}} \\right) f_0 \\,\n",
    "\\end{equation}\n",
    "here\n",
    "* $c \\;$ is the velocity of waves in the medium;\n",
    "* $v_\\text{r} \\,$ is the velocity of the receiver relative to the medium; positive if the receiver is moving towards the source (and negative in the other direction);\n",
    "* $v_\\text{s} \\,$ is the velocity of the source relative to the medium; positive if the source is moving away from the receiver (and negative in the other direction).\n",
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    "The frequency is decreased if either is moving away from the other."
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    "def f(c,vr,vs,f0):\n",
    "    return ((c + vr) / (c + vs)) * f0 "
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    "c=343.2\n",
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