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> mass-spring system is periodic I don't pretend to understand this stuff, but wouldn't a real mass-spring system slowly stop, due to friction, air resistance,
by dist-epoch 3y ago
> mass-spring system is periodic
I don't pretend to understand this stuff, but wouldn't a real mass-spring system slowly stop, due to friction, air resistance, heat dissipation, ...? So a real system wouldn't be periodic.
- sidlls 3y agoPeriodic doesn't mean perpetual, perfect, constant periodic motion (in general).
- consilient 3y agoYes, but they're talking about an idealized harmonic oscillator, not a physical mass-spring system.