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Old January 4th 08, 09:51 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Standing morphing to travelling waves, and other stupid notions


"Jim Kelley" wrote in message
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Cecil Moore wrote:

Sorry Jim, but [Io*cos(kx)*cos(wt)] and [Io*cos(kx+wt)] *ARE*
different.


Evidently, you can't recognize a trig identity when you see one.


in my book
cos(a+b)=cos(a)cos(b)-sin(a)sin(b)
so cos(kx+wt) would expand to:
cos(kx)cos(wt)-sin(kx)sin(wt)
me thinks you are missing a few terms in your 'identity'.