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Second-Order Linear Equations · Challenge problem

A damped oscillator x′′+cx′+kx=0x'' + cx' + kx = 0 is observed to have quasi-period π2\dfrac{\pi}{2}, and each local maximum of xx is eπe^{\pi} times the next one. Find c+kc + k.