On simulations of the classical harmonic oscillator equation by difference equations
Popular Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Computational Physics
Abstract
We show that any second order linear ordinary diffrential equation with constant coefficients (including the damped and undumped harmonic oscillator equation) admits an exact discretization, i.e., there exists a difference equation whose solutions exactly coincide with solutions of the corresponding differential equation evaluated at a discrete sequence of points (a lattice). Such exact discretization is found for an arbitrary lattice spacing.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0507182,
title = {On simulations of the classical harmonic oscillator equation by difference equations},
author = {Jan L. Cieslinski and Boguslaw Ratkiewicz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0507182},
year = {2007}
}
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17 pages plus 7 figures