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you have learnt that a travelling wave in one dimension is represented by a function `y = f(x,t)` where `x` and `t` must appear in the combination `ax +- bt` or `x - vt` or `x + vt`,i.e. `y = f (x +- vt)`. Is the converse true? Examine if the folliwing function for `y` can possibly represent a travelling wave
(a) `(x - vt)^(2)`
(b) `log[(x + vt)//x_(0)]`
(c) `1//(x + vt)`

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No, the converse is not true. The basix requirement foa a wave function to represent a travelling wave is that for all value of x ang t, wave function must have a finite value.
Out of the given functions for y, no one satisfies this condition. Therefore, none can represent a travelling wave.
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