Abstract
In this chapter vibrations shall be investigated, and in particular an oscillator
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Without and with damping
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Without and with coupling to other oscillators, as well as
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Without and with external force
In the context of the external force we shall encounter a very simple case of a Green function, which plays an important role in statistical mechanics.
In this context we shall study the tools to treat
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(Un)coupled, (in)homogeneous, linear differential equations
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Eigen values and eigen vectors of matrices, and finally
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The Fourier transformation
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Strauch, D. (2009). Harmonic Vibrations. In: Classical Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73616-5_4
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