Integrability in a nonlinear model of swing oscillatory motion (Q6171510)

In this paper, the integrable cases of dynamical systems describing the rider and the swing pumped as a compound pendulum are investigated. In the introduction, the problem is presented (see also [\textit{W. Case} and \textit{M. Swanson}, Am. J. Phys. 58, No. 5, 463--467 (1990; \url{doi:10.1119/1.16477})]). In the appendix, the expressions for the kinetic and potential energies are deduced. In Section 2, the equations of motion given in the Lagrangian formulation are given. In Section 3, the Hamiltonian equations are obtained. In Section 4, the main results of the paper are given. The integrability of the Hamiltonian equations is then discussed. Two integrable cases are obtained and the corresponding dynamical features are studied.