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SEE-Math

Texas A&M University

State Space

Landsberg

The students get to play with a toy pendulum set where they can build single, double, triple and higher order pendulums. The goal is to determine the state space of a single and double pendulum. They should learn that the positions of a single pendulum are specified by the points on a circle and the positions of a double pendulum are specified by the points on a doughnut.
© Philip B. Yasskin, 2005.
Last updated Jan 22, 2005