https://gdpark.blog/tags/taylor-expansion/Recent content in Taylor-Expansion on gdpark.blogHugoenThu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-03-oscillations-and-damped-harmonic-motion/Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-03-oscillations-and-damped-harmonic-motion/Zoom in on literally any potential with a Taylor expansion and BAM — it’s a spring, which is why oscillations pop up absolutely everywhere in physics.https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-11-orbital-stability/Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-11-orbital-stability/Why does Earth just keep cruising in its orbit without getting knocked off track? Turns out there’s a sneaky spring constant hiding in the radial equation of motion!