Geometry and the Foucault Pendulum

DOI10.2307/2974765zbMATH Open0843.53052OpenAlexW4238532749WikidataQ56112542 ScholiaQ56112542MaRDI QIDQ4855779FDOQ4855779

Authors: John Oprea 

Publication date: 15 August 1996

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2974765

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zbMATH Keywords

holonomyFoucault pendulumgeometry of the sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics (70F99)

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