Beta, if your equation can be shaped like a = –ω²x, where acceleration is proportional to negative displacement, it is simple harmonic motion. I say this because while building my pendulum clock, I saw the same relationship in the swing of the bob! But books make it sound so rigid—in reality, my clock's pendulum only obeyed this after I carefully adjusted its length and ensured the swing was small, otherwise the motion was messy and the test would fail. That little victory of seeing it keep correct time felt just right!
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