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arxiv: 1712.09189 · v4 · submitted 2017-12-26 · 🌊 nlin.SI · physics.class-ph

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Newton's equation of motion with quadratic drag force and Toda's potential as a solvable one

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The family of exactly solvable potentials for Newton's equation of motion in the one-dimensional system with quadratic drag force has been determined completely. The determination is based on the implicit inverse-function solution valid for any potential shape, and hence exhaustive. This solvable family includes the exponential potential appearing in the Toda lattice as a special limit. The global solution is constructed by matching the solutions applicable for positive and negative velocity, yielding the piecewise analytic function with a cusp in the third-order derivative, i.e., the jerk. These procedures and features can be regarded as a generalization of Gorder's construction [Phys. Scr. 2015, {\bf 90}, 085208] to the energy-dissipating damped oscillators. We also derive the asymptotic formulae by solving the matching equation, and prove that the damping of the oscillation amplitude is proportional to $ t^{-1} $.

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