Two particles of different masses m1 and m2 are connected by a massless spring of spring constant k and equilibrium length d. The system rests on a frictionless table and may both oscillate and rotate.
I need to find the Lagrangian for this system. I'm not sure if I'm interpreting it correctly, but I think there are 4 degrees of freedom in this problem, x1,y1,x2,y2 or r1,θ1,r2,θ2. If I use the former choice I get my Lagrangian to be
L=12m1(˙x12+˙y12)+12m2(˙x22+˙y22)−12k(√(x1−x2)2+(y1−y2)2−d)2.
Does this make any sense? It seems like the EOM would be a mess in this case.
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