Beat Frequency Calculator

Inspectable records

Ledger state

The current ledger marks this instrument verified clean within the source-bound verification corpus.

Area

Physics — Kinematics/Projectiles/Orbits, Forces/Energy/Momentum, Rotational Dynamics, Gravitation, Oscillations/Waves, Optics, E&M Fields, Relativity, Quantum, Statistical Thermo

Tranche

tranche-5

Evidence ID

t5-095

Ledger rows

1

No ledger note is attached.

Review findings

The beat-frequency formula is correct, but the instrument claims a period output without specifying its formula or equal-frequency behavior, so the specification fails verification. The honest_label value "n/a" should be replaced with a disclosure of the required same-unit input convention and the undefined period when the input frequencies are equal.

Formula and scope findings

• f_beat=|f1−f2| is the standard beat-frequency formula for two sinusoidal waves, assuming f1 and f2 are expressed in the same frequency units.
• The claimed period output has no formula. It should be T_beat=1/f_beat=1/|f1−f2| when f1≠f2.
• At f1=f2, f_beat=0 and the beat period is undefined rather than a finite value.

Unit assumptions

• f1 and f2 must use the same units, preferably Hz.
• If frequencies are in Hz, beat frequency is in Hz and beat period is in seconds.
• If frequencies are supplied in kHz, they must be converted consistently before computing, or the resulting period must be reported in milliseconds.

Boundary hardening

BREAK_CLAIMED · SELF_FLAGGED

Equal input frequencies produce a zero beat frequency, causing the period calculation 1/f_beat to divide by zero. Negative-frequency handling is also convention-dependent and can produce a materially different result if signed and unsigned interpretations are not distinguished.

Errata and corrections

No applied erratum is attached to this unique-name record.

Inspectable example

4 review vectors are recorded. One source-bound sample is shown below.

{
  "inputs": {
    "f1": 440,
    "f2": 442,
    "unit": "Hz"
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "beat_frequency": 2,
    "beat_frequency_unit": "Hz",
    "period": 0.5,
    "period_unit": "s"
  },
  "working": "f_beat=|440−442|=|−2|=2 Hz. T_beat=1/f_beat=1/2=0.5 s."
}

Related workflows

No source-defined multi-instrument workflow membership is recorded.

Sources and evidence

These pointers bind the page to evidence. They do not grant authority or collapse verification into deployment.

• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json · VERIFIED_CLEAN
• evidence-tranche5/tranche5-results.json
• BOUNDARY_HAZARD_CATALOG.json