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What do eigenfunctions and eigenvalues mean physically?
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Lets say we have a mass connected to a spring.Assuming not any friction the ODE which describes the system is
$m\frac{d^{2}x}{dt^{2}} = -kx$
We can set 2 Dirichlet boundary conditions $x(0)=0$ and $x(c)=0$ where $c$ will depend on $k,m$
If we solve the boundary condition problem we end up with a set of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. Do the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues have a physical meaning?
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