Zwiebach 9.3e: Relating τ to X0 & Angular Frequency

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Homework Statement


I can relate tau and X0 by:

[tex]\tau = \frac{X^0}{2 \sqrt{2} \alpha' p^+ }[/tex]

Why does that mean the angular frequency is

[tex]\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2} \alpha' p^+ }[/tex]

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ehrenfest said:
[tex]\tau = \frac{X^0}{2 \sqrt{2} \alpha' p^+ }[/tex]
Take this and plug it into the equations for [itex]X^{(2)}[/itex] and [itex]X^{(3)}[/itex].