Solution

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Every solution is the resonant series RLC response plus a solution of the homogeneous damped harmonic oscillator. Define and . The three possibilities are
These are respectively the underdamped RLC response, critically damped RLC response and overdamped RLC response. Both exponents in the last case are negative because . All three homogeneous contributions tend to zero as , so every response approaches the unique periodic steady current . No initial conditions were specified in this clause; they determine .

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