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The main feature of the discrete systems studied in the preceding chapter is that a finite number of degrees of freedom is sufficient in order to describe their configuration. The differential equations of motion can be easily substituted by a set of linear algebraic equations: The natural mathematical tool for the study of linear discrete systems is matrix algebra.
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Genta, G. (1993). Continuous Linear Systems. In: Vibration of Structures and Machines. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1111-0_2
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