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# TWIL #97 - Waves
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/twil-97-waves/
- Published: 2025-11-22T06:00:24.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-22T06:00:23.000Z
- Author: Matt
- Tags: TWIL

Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. I usually find these while I'm putting my weekly newsletter together but somehow, they don't quite fit! 

This week I learned about the hidden maths behind the waves - I'll never look at the sea across from my house in quite the same way. 

[The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View | Quanta MagazineThe math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/icon/favicon-6.png)Quanta MagazineJoseph Howlett![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/thumbnail/WhatIsAWave-crKristinaArmitage_SomavarapuMadhavi_Shutterstock-Social.jpg)](https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-math-of-ocean-waves-crashes-into-view-20251015/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

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