G. Leng, ME Dept, NUS 3. Mathematical Properties of MDOF Systems 3.1 The Generalized Eigenvalue Problem Recall that the natural frequencies ω and modes a are found from [ - ω 2 M + K ] a = 0 or K a = ω 2 M a Where M and K are the mass and stiffness matrices of the MDOF system NB : M & K are symmetric matrices, M = M T and K = K T