Boundary conditions for a purely inductive load in an AC circuit

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FranzDiCoccio said:
Uhm. Right, but the standard derivation of a purely inductive circuit never mentions any resistor, and
[tex] I(0) = \frac{V_0}{\omega L}[/tex]
It seems hard to make contact with your answer.
The resistor is there just to set up the initial condition. When you apply your voltage ##V_0 sin(\omega t) ## it no longer forms any part of the inductor current.

You have set up an initial current and have then applied your voltage directly across the inductor.