Computations for a vibrating system diagonalize the variance (Q1805146)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 753702
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 753702 |
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Computations for a vibrating system diagonalize the variance (English)
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11 June 1995
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Summary: The transformations to diagonalize potential energy matrices for coupled harmonic oscillators will also diagonalize the variance when written in matrix form. After a brief review of a geometrical interpretation of the variance, the transformations are described and an example is given.
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orthogonal and unitary transformation
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potential energy matrices
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coupled harmonic oscillators
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