The document discusses the Doppler effect, which describes how the observed frequency of a wave (such as sound) is different when the source of the wave and the observer are in relative motion. Specifically: - It is named after Christian Doppler, who first described the phenomenon in the 19th century. - The frequency observed is higher if the source and observer are moving towards each other, and lower if they are moving away from each other. - An equation is provided to calculate the observed frequency based on the source frequency, the speed of the source and observer, and the speed of sound. - An example problem demonstrates using the equation to calculate the source frequency of a train whistle based on the observed frequency