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Why is the Mass Reflectance a DC-Blocker?

Physical intuition:

In summary, the mass becomes a rigid termination at infinite frequency, and a free end (no termination) at zero frequency -- a ``dc blocker''.


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``Ideal Mass Colliding with an Ideal String'', by Julius O. Smith III, (From Lecture Overheads, Music 420).
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