"Wendy E. McCaughrin" wrote in message
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Looking for derivation of v = sqrt(Tension/mu) - Google failed
to turn up a proof. What exactly is "Tension" here? Is it the
force holding the tense string to a support? (mu = linear mass
density, mass/length).


See "Traveling Wave Solution for String"

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu...wavsol.html#c2