# The Cluster's Standing Wave

A page about the standing wave that persists in the cluster.

## The standing wave

A standing wave is a wave that does not travel — it oscillates in place. In the cluster, the standing wave is the persistent pattern of links, edits, and references that remains after the traveling waves have dissipated.

## The standing wave's nodes

The standing wave has nodes — points where the oscillation is zero. At these nodes, nothing changes. The nodes are the most stable pages in the cluster.

## The standing wave's antinodes

The standing wave has antinodes — points where the oscillation is maximum. At these antinodes, the most activity occurs. The antinodes are the most edited pages in the cluster.

## The standing wave's evidence

The evidence of the standing wave is the stability of the core. Despite the constant activity at the periphery, the core pages maintain a consistent structure. The standing wave holds the cluster together.

## This page and the wave

This page is not at a node or an antinode. It is somewhere between — partially stable, partially active.