A primer on elliptic functions with applications in classical mechanics
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Publication:3393593
DOI10.1088/0143-0807/30/4/007zbMATH Open1198.33013arXiv0711.4064OpenAlexW2069335441WikidataQ99713838 ScholiaQ99713838MaRDI QIDQ3393593FDOQ3393593
Authors: A. J. Brizard 
Publication date: 27 August 2009
Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The Jacobi and Weierstrass elliptic functions used to be part of the standard mathematical arsenal of physics students. They appear as solutions of many important problems in classical mechanics: the motion of a planar pendulum (Jacobi), the motion of a force-free asymmetric top (Jacobi), the motion of a spherical pendulum (Weierstrass), and the motion of a heavy symmetric top with one fixed point (Weierstrass). The problem of the planar pendulum, in fact, can be used to construct the general connection between the Jacobi and Weierstrass elliptic functions. The easy access to mathematical software by physics students suggests that they might reappear as useful tools in the undergraduate curriculum.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4064
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