How Can Mathematical Modeling Describe Oscillations in a Weighted String System?

This allows us to express the problem in terms of the weight's position and velocity at the point x = a.
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A string of length L are connected in x = 0 and x = L. The point x = a, 0<a<L, are a point formed weight with mass m0 attached. Formulate the mathematical problem for small transversal oscillations .

I got it to be:

m0*utt(a,t) = s(a,t)(ux(a+,t)-ux(a-,t))
u(x,0) = g(x)
ut(x,0) = h(x)

The answer should be


utt - c2uxx = -(m0*g/ρ)*δ(x-a)

How can i transform it ?
 
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We can transform it by using the chain rule:utt - c2uxx = -(m0/ρ)*g'(a)δ(x-a)where g'(a) is the derivative of g(x) evaluated at x = a.
 

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