Determine trajectory of a pendulum

solve equation of motion of a pendulum by numerical integration, for arbitrary initial amplitudes

computational task, nonlinear task

MaRDI QIDQ6821444FDOCommunityMathModDB

Contained entities

pendular amplitude		output
length of pendulum		parameter
mathematical pendulum (initial condition)	$\varphi (t=0)={\varphi }_0$	initial condition
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	$t$ represents time
	${\varphi }_0$ represents pendular amplitude (initial value)
gravitational acceleration	$\overrightarrow{g}\equiv -\frac{GM}{r^2}\overrightarrow{r}$	parameter
	$M$ represents earth mass
	$r$ represents earth radius
	$G$ represents gravitational constant
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
pendular amplitude (initial value)		input
mathematical pendulum equation	$\ddot{\varphi }+\frac{g}{\ell }\sin \varphi =0$
	$\varphi$ represents pendular amplitude
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
	$\ell$ represents length of pendulum

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