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Re: Periodic motion vs. oscillation



At 10:26 AM 6/23/2004, you wrote:
At 12:41 PM -0400 6/22/04, Michael Edmiston wrote:

>When the restoring force is linearly dependent on the displacement, we
>have simple harmonic motion

Is there a difference between harmonic motion and _simple_ harmonic motion?

Larry

I haven't run a pendulum's large displacement against time through an FT, but
I'd expect 3rd and 5th harmonics to be apparent.

Brian
Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!