Turning points of an underdamped release from rest

ID: turning-points-of-an-underdamped-release-from-rest

For with , put . The initial conditions and give
Thus the turning points have the times and displacements in the title. For release from , the first positive maximum is , sufficient to test whether the body reaches a fixed positive stop before that first maximum. Every later positive maximum is smaller.

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