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basic properties of waves
λ - wavelength
ν - temporal freq
v - wave speed
A - amplitude
k the spatial frequency, i.e., 1/λ, or the wave number, the nubmer of crests in a unit length, so to speak.
ω the (angular) temporal frequency
not taking the time to solve things out in this run, unless I run into something I'm not familiar with.