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In a message dated 12/4/2001 11:17:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
inet@INTELLISYS.NET writes:
> No, the questions are unreasonable. If the extra downward displacement is
> greater than the equilibrium displacement, then the possibility of coil
> binding is not excluded on the upward rebound.
> For this same reason, the spring constant is not determined by only the
> force required for a specified displacement.
> To summarize: a) and b) are indeterminate, and c) is incorrectly modeled.
>
Does my specification of an origin (and by implication a reference for zero
gravitational potential energy) remove the indeterminacy of b)?
Justin