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Incommensurate harmonic-oscillator orbit

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Branches of physics Classical mechanics Hamiltonian mechanics Integrable Hamiltonian system Invariant torus Quasiperiodic motion
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For two uncoupled harmonic oscillators with nonzero amplitudes and irrational frequency ratio ω1​/ω2​, the orbit is bounded but not periodic. It winds quasiperiodically on a two-dimensional invariant torus; a common period would force the frequency ratio to be rational.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2019 / ii / Paper 1 / 32C / e / Solution

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