:PROPERTIES: :ID: 5004f2b4-f8f7-46e6-87b5-e547184f82ef :END: #+title: mass-spring system #+author: Preston Pan #+html_head: #+html_head: #+html_head: #+options: broken-links:t * Introduction A mass-spring model uses Hooke's law $F = kx$ in order to model a mass attached to a spring with a differential equation.