Solutions to the classical harmonic oscillator #
The solution for given initial conditions #
The zero initial condition #
The zero initial condition.
Equations
- ClassicalMechanics.HarmonicOscillator.zeroIC = { x₀ := 0, v₀ := 0 }
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The zero initial condition has zero starting point.
The zero initial condition has zero starting velocity.
The solution #
For zero initial conditions, the solution is zero.
Given initial conditions, the amplitude of the classical harmonic oscillator.
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The amplitude of the classical harmonic oscillator is non-negative.
The amplitude is zero if and only if the inital conditions are zero.
Given initial conditions, the phase of the classical harmonic oscillator.
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For any time the position of the harmonic oscillator is less then the amplitude.
For a set of initial conditions IC
the position of the solution at time 0
is
IC.x₀
.
The solutions are differentiable.
Some semi-formal results #
The solutions for any initial condition solve the equation of motion.
The solutions to the equation of motion for a given set of initial conditions are unique.
Semiformal implmentation:
- One may needed the added condition of smoothness on
x
here. EquationOfMotion
needs defining before this can be proved.