As an aid to using Equation 13-6, note that the angular frequency \(\omega = 2\pi{f}\) and the angular wave number \(k = 2\pi/\lambda\) are related by the propagation speed. To see this relationship, note that \(f = \omega/2\pi\) and \(\lambda = 2\pi/k\). Then from Equation 13-2,
\(v_{\mathrm{p}} = f\lambda = \left(\frac{\omega}{2\pi}\right)\left(\frac{2\pi}{k}\right)\)