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Past exam of the year 2 of the earth sciences (geology) course of the University of Oxford 2025 Paper 3 8 d Solution by
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For , the harmonic oscillator equation gives . The condition at zero requires , and the condition at requires . A nonzero normal mode therefore hasA multiplicative normalization has been absorbed into the temporal amplitude. The candidate is affine and the two zero endpoint values force it to vanish. A positive separation constant gives hyperbolic functions, whose two zero endpoint values likewise give only the trivial solution. Negative adds no new eigenfunctions because it only reverses their signs.
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