Now we substitute a traveling wave disturbance into the linearized equation. Note that the substitution is done in a way that works for any arbitrary derivative.
![[Graphics:../Images/linstab_gr_30.gif]](../Images/linstab_gr_30.gif)
We now divide out the original disturbance, which is possible since we used an exponential form.
![[Graphics:../Images/linstab_gr_32.gif]](../Images/linstab_gr_32.gif)
The result is the complete dispersion relation for waves in this system. The relation between speed and frequency and wavenumber is given in this relation as is the linear growth.