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A Matrix Eigenvalue Calculation is rich in information content but expensive in computer time. This is why, in a typical vibration problem, there are many more elements than masses, or rather, many more elementary deflections than degrees of freedom for vibrations.
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Bruce M. Irons (1963) studied this question.
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