Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-year-1-of-the-natural-sciences-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2009/paper-2/12/iii/solution

Let , with . A particular solution of the forced harmonic oscillator is . Substitution gives and , hence and . Adding and imposing the two initial conditions gives and . Thus
The first term tends to zero. The amplitude of the surviving sinusoid is
As an independent interpretation, the residual amplitude of an oscillator after an integrable force is . Here that integral is , giving the same result.

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