Double pendulum

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Relevant courses Physics 105: Analytic Mechanics
Keywords lagrangian, normal modes, chaos, differential equations, constants of motion
Student levels Undergrads, Advanced undergrads
Learning objectives study the double pendulum theoretically using Lagrangian mechanics,
numerically solve differential equations that can't be solved analytically,
assess the effectiveness of numerics by comparing theoretical expectations to numerical results,
understand what people mean by "chaos" by analysing a chaotic system

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Course Semester Instructors Problem sets released
1 Physics 105: Analytic Mechanics Spring 2023 Daniel Mckinsey, Daniel Mckinsey, Jacob Raphael Erlikhman, jack Spilecki 4
2 Physics 105: Analytic Mechanics Summer 2023 Erin V Hansen PhD 4

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