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Question:What exactly is the difference between the equations of a damped harmonic oscillator and a driven harmonic oscillator?	Answer:
Question:a damped harmonic oscillator is the linear system f''(t) + f'(t) + f(t) = 0 a driven harmonic oscllator is an oscillator with an inhomogeneous driving like f''(t) + f(t) = sin(3t) You can also drive a dampted oscillator f''(t) + f'(t) + f(t) = sin(3t)	Answer: What are "Kyle numbers"?

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Math21b (Exam Group 1)| Oliver Knill | Spring 2010 | Department of Mathematics | Faculty of Art and Sciences | Harvard University