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Linear motion with variable acceleration
Consider the following problem
I pull a mass m resting at x = 0 on a frictionless table connected to a spring with some k by an amount A and let it go. What will be its speed at x=0?
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How to think of the harmonic oscillator equation in terms of “acceleration = gradient”
This is related to another question I just asked where I learned that the equation of motion of a harmonic oscillator is expressed as:
$$\ddot{x}+kx=0$$
What little physics I grasp centers on ...
