Question: (a) Prove that, for any non-constant solution to an overdamped mass-spring system, there is at most one time where u(t*) = 0. (b) Is this

(a) Prove that, for any non-constant solution to an overdamped mass-spring system, there is at most one time where u(t*) = 0.
(b) Is this statement also valid in the critically damped case?

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