Small oscillations (normal modes)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the classical-mechanics subtree

Linearisation around equilibrium: the quadratic Lagrangian ½(M ẋ·ẋ − K x·x) diagonalises in normal modes x_k = a_k cos(ω_k t + φ_k).

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