Where Can I Find Classical Treatments of the Two Body Harmonic Oscillator?

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A user is seeking online resources for a mathematical treatise on the classical two-body simple harmonic oscillator, specifically avoiding quantum mechanics and focusing on energy, momentum, and Newton's Laws. Suggestions include links to relevant materials on oscillations and coupled systems. A search strategy is recommended, including the term "-quantum" to filter out quantum mechanics results. The user expresses gratitude for the provided links and seeks additional resources related to energy discussions for the system. The conversation emphasizes the challenge of finding classical mechanics resources amidst the prevalence of quantum treatments.
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Hi friends

I would be grateful if someone could point me to a mathematical treatise (on the internet) about the two body simple harmonic oscillator (classical mechanics only, but no Lagrangian/Hamiltonian...just energy, momentum, Newton's Laws).

I am googling right now but all I find is mostly quantum mechanical treatments.

Thanks and cheers
Vivek
 
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Are you talking about something that is essentially two masses on the ends of a spring ?
 
Yeah kinda.
 
Try:
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~jkhoury/oscillations.htm
http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~pat/fun/NEWT1D/PDF/COUPLED.PDF

(btw, a googling strategy that might help is to include "-quantum" in order to prefer non-"quantum" results.
I googled: coupled oscillations -quantum .)
 
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Robphy, thanks very much for the links and the search tip. The second link was quite useful. Do you know anyplace where I can find energy discussions for the system?
 

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