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Hans Stricker
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Consider the problem of three bodies two of which having mass M, one of them having mass m. Body m is in the middle between the other two, coupled to them by two equal linear springs in rest. Now fix the two bodies M and move body m for a small amount perpendicular to the connection line. Now let loose the three of them.
The solution is trivial when we assume m to be finite and M to be infinite (or vice versa), or when the spring constant is 0.
But the problem is so symmetric, that there might be hope to get a closed or approximate solution even for finite m >> M, M >> m, or even M = m?
The solution is trivial when we assume m to be finite and M to be infinite (or vice versa), or when the spring constant is 0.
But the problem is so symmetric, that there might be hope to get a closed or approximate solution even for finite m >> M, M >> m, or even M = m?