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i mean on one end there is a oscillator, meaning one end is not fixed.

i mean what if you force the string to oscillate at a frequency where harmonics is not reached, will a stationary wave be still set up?

Lets say there is a experiment to set a stationary wave on a stretched string. If the length of the string is not integer times larger than half of the lengthwave of the propogating wave set up. In other words there is no overtone, would there still be a stationary wave set up?