Pendulum Period using Numerical Integration

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Relevant courses Physics 5B: Introductory Electromagnetism, Waves, and Optics,
Physics 105: Analytic Mechanics
Keywords numerical integration, pendulum, large angle approximation, trapezoidal rule, harmonic motion
Student levels Advanced undergrads, Grads
Learning objectives Understand the formula for the period of a pendulum for large angles,
learn how to numerically integrate using the trapezoidal rule,
analyze the variation of the period with a maximum angle.

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