[CSC 415] Chaotic Pendulum Equation

[Andrew J. Pounds]

The equations/code  for the pendulum motion that I gave you are for a 
"chaotic pendulum".  In this code there is the possiblity for a driving 
force at a given frequency.  I spent last night looking through my 
physics books trying to find the book that had the equations and found a 
note that a former student had borrowed the text (I track her down this 
week!)

Anyway  -- the chaotic pendulum is actually a pretty common entity in 
physics circles.  I dug around on the internet last night and found a 
website that has a model that almost completely matches the equations I 
gave you.  I posted the link to this website on the wiki.


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds at theochem.mercer.edu)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627