Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-jon!moroney From: moroney@jon.DEC Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Solution to a weighty problem? Message-ID: <423@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 23:19:38 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.423 Posted: Thu Jan 31 23:19:38 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Feb-85 14:09:19 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 11 Does anyone know the solution y=f(t) for the following differential equation? 2 ,, , t y (t)=K y (0)=K1, y(0)=K2 ,, , where K, K1 and K2 are constants, y is the second derivitive, and y is the first derivitive and t is the independant variable? This is an equation of the motion of an object under the influence of gravity as a function of time. Mike Moroney ..!decvax!decwrl!rhea!jon!moroney