Within the representation language of bond graphs, inerters are dual to springs & more fundamental than masses: masses are circuit elements w\ 1 of their terminals grounded, while inerters have both terminals free. They were discovered through circuit analysis, like the memristor
LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT THE INERTER! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inerter_(mechanical_networks) …
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And they're not good for anything! They're big and stupid and they have lots of parts because Nature just does. not. care. about simplicity of representation within the bond graph formalism. They don't belong to nature; they belong to *us* and they're beautiful.
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