Abstract
A particle moving in response to an elastic force proportional to the distance of the particle from the equilibrium point is called a harmonic oscillator. The harmonic oscillator has been treated in the Examples 2.2, 2.3, and 2.7. In Example 2.7 we noted that harmonic motion is a good approximation to many types of oscillations around a point of stable equilibrium.
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Knudsen, J.M., Hjorth, P.G. (1995). Harmonic Oscillators. In: Elements of Newtonian Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97599-8_15
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