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Reply 1
basically you differentiate the expression .

freq = c / lambda wrt to lambda
Reply 2
Why do you have to differentiate it though? And how does the lambda become lambda0?
Reply 3
What level do you want an answer at?

You can make lambda -> lambda + delta lambda
Expand using series expansion
rearrange

Its just the same as differentiaiting. Calculus is how we find rates of change of one quantity with respect to another quantity. Here you are interested in how freq changes when lambda changes .

Lambda0 is just lambda
Reply 4
hmm ok, I never would've thought of it as being a rate of change of frequency and wavelength:confused: . Thanks for the help

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