Question: 1 3 . 6 * * * * In discussing the oscillation of a cart on the end of a spring, we almost always ignore

13.6**** In discussing the oscillation of a cart on the end of a spring, we almost always ignore the mass of the spring. Set up the Hamiltonian H for a cart of mass m on a spring (force constant k) whose mass M is not negligible, using the extension x of the spring as the generalized coordinate. Solve Hamilton's equations and show that the mass oscillates with angular frequency =km+W32. That is, the effect of the spring's mass is to add M3 to m.(Assume that the spring's mass is distributed unitormily and that it stretches uniformly.)

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