Why do we see Sine Waves in nature so often?

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I’m studying engineering, and I see sine waves everywhere I look. why is this waveform so common in nature?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

I’m no maths expert.

Wouldn’t it be just because so many things rotate, revolve, turn, etc. in ways that are described by circles/ellipses? And whenever you have circles, you have sine waves, and lots of delicious pi.

Too simple?

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