solve 2d wave equation with FDM

With 4 visualizations: colormap, surface, refraction, reflection

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Solve 2d wave equation with Finite Difference Method. Theory described in description.docx. Droplet put on the water surface to start waves. There is a decay in wave equation. conv2 function used for faster calculations.
as_colormap.m - visualization of waves as colormap.
as_surface.m - visualization of waves as surface.
refraction.m - visualization of waves with refraction
reflection.m - visualization of waves with reflection
_movie files makes movie to avi and gif file.

also .gif files included to show animated visualizations.

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Maxim Vedenyov (2026). solve 2d wave equation with FDM (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28736-solve-2d-wave-equation-with-fdm), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.0.0.0