Pendulum Lab

Nine coupled pendulums on a real g = 9.81. Small-angle period printed underneath; the chaos beside it is the point.

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Nine coupled pendulums on a real g = 9.81. The small-angle period is printed underneath, and the chaos beside it is the point.

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Small-angle period is T = 2πsqrt(L/g) and does not depend on amplitude. Past ~15° the true elliptic-integral period runs longer. Drag a bob to pull it aside and let go; arrow keys shove it.

Nonlinear, and it matters

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