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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2016 Paper 2 20 d Solution by
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The initial displacement is already the first spatial normal mode, so sine orthogonality gives and every other . Zero initial velocity gives every . ConsequentlyBoth fixed-end values vanish for all time, and differentiation shows that the initial velocity is zero. This is the fundamental standing wave, with angular frequency .
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