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    Green function of the damped harmonic oscillator

    P-TRIV-DE17

    Area
    Prelim
    Status
    draft
    Contents

    Consider a forced damped harmonic oscillator:

    \[ \ddot { y } ( t ) + 2 k \dot { y } ( t ) + \Omega ^ { 2 } y ( t ) = f ( t )\tag{25} \]

    the Green function G(t) is defined such that

    \[ y ( t ) = \int d t ^ { \prime } G ( t - t ^ { \prime } ) f ( t ^ { \prime } ) .\tag{26} \]

    Find G(t) when

    1. \(\Omega > k > 0\) (oscillating system)

    2. \(\Omega = k\) (critical damping)

    3. \(k > \Omega > 0\) (overdamped system)

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