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  2. Rayleigh–Lorentz pendulum - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh–Lorentz pendulum (or Lorentz pendulum) is a simple pendulum, but subjected to a slowly varying frequency due to an external action (frequency is varied by varying the pendulum length), named after Lord Rayleigh and Hendrik Lorentz. [1] This problem formed the basis for the concept of adiabatic invariants in mechanics. On account of ...

  3. Pendulum (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    A pendulum is a body suspended from a fixed support such that it freely swings back and forth under the influence of gravity. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back towards the equilibrium position.

  4. Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    "Simple gravity pendulum" model assumes no friction or air resistance. A pendulum is a device made of a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. [1] When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the equilibrium position.

  5. Tautochrone curve - Wikipedia

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    Johann Bernoulli solved the problem in a paper (Acta Eruditorum, 1697). Schematic of a cycloidal pendulum. The tautochrone problem was studied by Huygens more closely when it was realized that a pendulum, which follows a circular path, was not isochronous and thus his pendulum clock would keep different time depending on how far the pendulum ...

  6. Pendulum (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Pendulum (mathematics), the mathematical principles of a pendulum; Pendulum clock, a kind of clock that uses a pendulum to keep time; Pendulum car, an experimental tilting train; Foucault pendulum, a pendulum that demonstrates the Earth's rotation; Spherical pendulum; Spring pendulum; Conical pendulum

  7. Three-body problem - Wikipedia

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    The three-body problem is a special case of the n-body problem, which describes how n objects move under one of the physical forces, such as gravity. These problems have a global analytical solution in the form of a convergent power series, as was proven by Karl F. Sundman for n = 3 and by Qiudong Wang for n > 3 (see n -body problem for details).

  8. Separatrix (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    These curves correspond to the pendulum swinging periodically from side to side. If < then the curve is open, and this corresponds to the pendulum forever swinging through complete circles. In this system the separatrix is the curve that corresponds to =. It separates — hence the name — the phase space into two distinct areas, each with a ...

  9. Double pendulum - Wikipedia

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    A double pendulum consists of two pendulums attached end to end.. In physics and mathematics, in the area of dynamical systems, a double pendulum, also known as a chaotic pendulum, is a pendulum with another pendulum attached to its end, forming a simple physical system that exhibits rich dynamic behavior with a strong sensitivity to initial conditions. [1]