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Condition for minimal Harmonic Oscillator Action

Classical Physics 2021-04-16 v1

Abstract

We provide an elementary proof that the action for the physical trajectory of the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator is guaranteed to be a minimum if and only if τ<π/ω\tau < \pi/\omega, where τ\tau is the elapsed time and ω\omega is the oscillator's natural frequency.

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@article{arxiv.2104.07475,
  title  = {Condition for minimal Harmonic Oscillator Action},
  author = {Marco Moriconi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.07475},
  year   = {2021}
}

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1+5 pages

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