Does the output of a electronic sine wave oscillator end with a positive half cycle or a negative half cycle?
My question was not clear and probably will not be after this.
Assume the oscillator is operating with just enough positive feed back to sustain oscillations. This means the feed back only affects the oscillator operation during a few degrees (maybe only one degree) of a cycle of operation. Now the sine wave oscillator ceases to oscillate because of an abrupt and complete lack of positive feed back.