Simple harmonic motion refers to the periodic sinusoidal oscillation of an object or quantity. Simple harmonic motion is executed by any quantity obeying the differential equation
 | (1) |
where 
denotes the second derivative of 
with respect to 
, and 
is the angular frequency of oscillation. This ordinary differential equation has an irregular singularity at 
. The general solution is
denotes the second derivative of with respect to , and is the angular frequency of oscillation. This ordinary differential equation has an irregular singularity at . The general solution is |  |  | (2) |
 |  |  | (3) |
where the two constants 
and 
(or 
and 
) are determined from the initial conditions.
and (or and ) are determined from the initial conditions.Many physical systems undergoing small displacements, including any objects obeying Hooke's law, exhibit simple harmonic motion. This equation arises, for example, in the analysis of the flow of current in an electronic CL circuit (which contains a capacitor and an inductor). If a damping force such as Friction is present, an additional term 
must be added to thedifferential equation and motion dies out over time.
must be added to thedifferential equation and motion dies out over time.
CITE THIS AS:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Simple Harmonic Motion." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SimpleHarmonicMotion.html
3 comments:
Harmonic oscillations are also mentioned behind the quantum world and solitons.
t'Hooft among others. colors, electroweak force?
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Given the speculative connections to quantum mechanics mentioned above it is natural to wonder if
this [the quantization] is related to the zero point energy of the harmonic oscillator.
Michael Aityah:
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1009/1009.3176v1.pdf
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