The figure shows two railway cars with a buffer spring. We want to investigate the transfer of momentum that occurs after car 1 with initial velocity v0 impacts car 2 at rest. The differential equation is given below. Show that the eigenvalues of the coefficient matrix A are λ1=0 and λ2=−c1−c2​, with associated eigenvectors v1=   1 1  T and v2=   c1 −c2  T.   x′′=   −c1 c1   c2 −c2 x with ci=k /mi for i=​1, 2

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The figure shows two railway cars with a buffer spring. We want to investigate the transfer of momentum that occurs after car 1 with initial velocity v0 impacts car 2 at rest. The differential equation is given below. Show that the eigenvalues of the coefficient matrix A are λ1=0 and λ2=−c1−c2​, with associated eigenvectors v1=
  1 1  
T
and
v2=
  c1 −c2  
T.
 
x′′=
  −c1 c1  
c2 −c2
 x
with
ci=k /mi for i=​1, 2
 
 
 
 
The coefficient matrix A is                              .
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