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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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