For a conservative one-dimensional motion of energy , the particle can only be where (since ); the points where are turning points, where the velocity vanishes and reverses. Trapped between two turning points in a potential well, the motion is bound and periodic; able to reach infinity, it is free; a potential barrier higher than cannot be crossed.
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