Re: unsympathetic resonances, complex feedback, etc.

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

At 1:20 AM -0500 12/8/00, John Denker,  you wrote about Re:
unsympathetic resonances, complex feedback, etc.:


> At 10:07 PM 12/7/00 -0500, Chuck Britton wrote:
>
>  >        The 'distinction' that I am referring to is the position held
>  >by some that 'resonance' requires 'sympathetic driving' of the
>  >system.
>
> That would be a weird distinction.  Sympathetic driving usually means
> transferring energy from one high-Q resonator to another.  But presumably
> each of the resonators could exist separately, and could exhibit resonance.
>
> In particular a single LC resonator will resonate quite nicely if you whack
> it with a delta function;  no sympathetic anything is required.

       John, you are then AGREEING that Galloping Gerty is an
example of resonance? (yes/no)

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