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> Every time in physics you see quadratic, you should think sphere. Not sure how I reconcile that for systems with linear symmetry that don't admit a sphere su
by terminalbraid 3mo ago
> Every time in physics you see quadratic, you should think sphere.
Not sure how I reconcile that for systems with linear symmetry that don't admit a sphere such as a 1D harmonic oscillator (i.e. a spring). You're confusing the fact that spheres require quadratics but quadratics are not sufficient to admit a sphere.
- GistNoesis 3mo agoFor 1D harmonic oscillator, the sphere is 2D, and called a circle. It's rotating through time. 1D space + 1D time.
- terminalbraid 3mo agoIf changing definitions and adding dimensions are fair game, try it for a damped oscillator and tell me where whatever dimension sphere is in there. If you understood what you were trying to push now you'd recognize that adding in your time dimension to force an argument involving a circle is just a matter of the sign in the 2nd order differential equation. This also falls apart if that sign changes and you get hyperbolic solutions. and I'm sure you'll just say that's just another kind of sphere with negative curvature
- cap11235 3mo ago[dead]