| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The decaying bounce behavior in particular is what you get if the system is underdamped.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DampingAll sorts of natural and man-made phenomena are governed by this math, including car suspensions, tides in harbors, buildings in earthquakes, objects bobbing in waves, propeller vibrations, reeds swaying in the wind, etc.Nobody invented it - it is a simple consequence of the
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