Comments on: Solving the simple pendulum question. http://blogs.scienceforums.net/anewworld/2008/03/21/solving-the-simple-pendulum-question/ My ramblings about science.... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Klaynos http://blogs.scienceforums.net/anewworld/2008/03/21/solving-the-simple-pendulum-question/#comment-12 Klaynos Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:49:23 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/anewworld/2008/03/21/solving-the-simple-pendulum-question/#comment-12 Thanks NeonBlack, I know that the integration is non-trivial the easy bit is an in joke with some friends that I included just because well, I forgot that this was a blog and not a message to one of them. I'll probably go through the integrating in a later post, but didn't have time when I wrote the post last night.... Dissertation writing season! I dunno why I use \delta instead of \partial... Thanks... Thanks NeonBlack, I know that the integration is non-trivial the easy bit is an in joke with some friends that I included just because well, I forgot that this was a blog and not a message to one of them.

I’ll probably go through the integrating in a later post, but didn’t have time when I wrote the post last night…. Dissertation writing season! I dunno why I use \delta instead of \partial…

Thanks…

]]> By: NeonBlack http://blogs.scienceforums.net/anewworld/2008/03/21/solving-the-simple-pendulum-question/#comment-11 NeonBlack Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:18:12 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/anewworld/2008/03/21/solving-the-simple-pendulum-question/#comment-11 The previous post is excellent though. The previous post is excellent though.

]]> By: NeonBlack http://blogs.scienceforums.net/anewworld/2008/03/21/solving-the-simple-pendulum-question/#comment-10 NeonBlack Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:07:42 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/anewworld/2008/03/21/solving-the-simple-pendulum-question/#comment-10 I think it's spelled Lagrangian. And you make it sound easier than it is. You can't directly integrate this. To solve the equation of motion you'd typically make a small angle approximation at this point. I see people all the time who get to this point and then say easy, just integrate! And then sit there, not knowing what to do. Also if you set this in tex, I think you can make partial d's with \partial. I think it’s spelled Lagrangian. And you make it sound easier than it is. You can’t directly integrate this. To solve the equation of motion you’d typically make a small angle approximation at this point. I see people all the time who get to this point and then say easy, just integrate! And then sit there, not knowing what to do.
Also if you set this in tex, I think you can make partial d’s with \partial.

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