Oscillations · Oscillating systems
The frequency of oscillation of a mass suspended by spring is . If the length of the spring is cut to half, the same mass oscillates with frequency . The value of is .
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We corrected a printing error in the original paper
Source printed the frequencies with a Latin (, ) for .
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