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| Sep 9, 2017 at 2:07 | comment | added | Jahan Claes | @Pere Edited to include asymmetric graphs. | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 2:07 | history | edited | Jahan Claes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 9, 2017 at 2:03 | comment | added | Jahan Claes | @Pere It's true that it might be better to draw something obviously non-symmetric on the board, though. The graphs I showed looked a little too symmetric. | |
| Sep 9, 2017 at 2:02 | comment | added | Jahan Claes | @Pere You don't need to assume the force is symmetrical, just that it is smooth. Non-symmetrical functions still have Taylor expansions! | |
| Sep 8, 2017 at 22:54 | comment | added | Pere | Your argument is that if the force of the spring is symmetrical and smooth, it can be linearized. However, the question is how to justify that the force is symmetrical. | |
| Sep 8, 2017 at 16:06 | history | answered | Jahan Claes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |