(13)

Mῶ = X + Yi, M (ζ − g) = Z;

(14)

so that

Aῶ − Kῶi + gMaῶ + Maw = Maῶζ,

(15)

or

(A + Ma2)ῶ − Kῶi + gMaῶ + Maλ = Maῶζ.

(16)

Thus if the point of the gyrostat is made to take the periodic motion given by λ = R exp nti, ζ = 0, the forced vibration of the axis is given by ῶ = P exp nti, where