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Relations between the phase velocity and group velocity of guided waves in homogeneous media and the restrictions under which they can be generalized to inhomogeneous media are discussed. Dirichlet, Neumann, and mixed boundary conditions are considered, including the case of frequency dependent media and boundary conditions.
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R. E. Eaves (1973) studied this question.
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