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You can prove that changing the material has no effect on the relative frequencies: \lambda_2 / \lambda_1, \lambda_3 / \lambda_1, etc. are completely independent of the material.
The shape is the determining factor; changing the materials (and hence the wave speed) just dilates the whole spectrum.
edit: downvoted. Some of you all simply have no belief in or respect for the intelligence of children.
What is more amazing is that they have conned their way into the funding agency priorities and have broadly affected hiring at universities.
I also hear emerging possibilities for machine learning techniques in this dynamic space.
It's not really about an ego boost, and in any case, egos can take a pretty major bruising during the very anxious weeks.