“…Assuming k p is to be determined as a function of frequency, constitutive parameters and the transverse components ( k t1 and k t2 ), equation (7) then yields four roots which may be real, complex and/or multiples of each other. These roots may be solved analytically or numerically [27,28]. Corresponding to each of the roots, there exists one or more (for repeated k p ) eigenvectors representing the nontrivial solutions of (5).…”