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Past exam of the mathematical methods II course of the University of Oxford 2013 resit 10 c Solution by
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The total kinetic energy and small-slope elastic potential energy areOrthogonality removes cross terms between the two distinct sine or cosine modes. A mode of amplitude contributes and . For amplitudes and , the prefactors agree. Writing ,Thusindependent of time. This is another instance of equal modal energies for inverse-harmonic string amplitudes. An explicit initial amplitude multiplies every energy by .
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