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The harmonic motion equation is an ordinary differential equation (ODE), not partial differential equation (PDE).
by sampo 5y ago
The harmonic motion equation is an ordinary differential equation (ODE), not partial differential equation (PDE).
- civilized 5y agoTechnically, ordinary derivatives and partial derivatives are the same thing on a function of a single variable, so ODEs and PDEs are the same thing in this case. On the other hand, the author should have included many other ODEs if they wanted to go down this path.