“Beauty of Mathematics” from Yann Pineill and Nicolas Lefaucheux shows how math reveals everything from the very simple. On the left, you see the equation itself, in the middle, a diagram of what’s happening in real-time, and on the right, how things look in the real world.
The Mathematics Behind Light Waves
We use mathematics to get the simple harmonic motion of light waves, which are the neatest form of oscillations. Then we turn on the light.