Wave Maps Equation
In mathematical physics, the wave maps equation is a geometric wave equation that solves :D^\alpha \partial_\alpha u = 0 where D is a Connection (mathematics), connection. It can be considered a natural extension of the wave equation for Riemannian manifolds. References

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Wave Equation
The (two-way) wave equation is a second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields — as they occur in classical physics — such as mechanical waves (e.g. water waves, sound waves and seismic waves) or electromagnetic waves (including light waves). It arises in fields like acoustics, electromagnetism, and fluid dynamics. Single mechanical or electromagnetic waves propagating in a pre-defined direction can also be described with the first-order one-way wave equation which is much easier to solve and also valid for inhomogenious media. Introduction The (two-way) wave equation is a second-order partial differential equation describing waves, including traveling and standing waves; the latter can be considered as Superposition_principle, linear superpositions of waves traveling in opposite directions. This article mostly focuses on the scalar wave equation describing waves in Scalar field, scalars by scalar functions of a tim ...
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