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Lagrangian of inverted physical pendulum with oscillating base
An inverted physical pendulum is deviated by a small angle $\varphi$ and connected to an oscillating base with oscillation function $a(t)$. The pendulum's mass is $m$ and its center of mass is $l$ ...
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Using reduced mass to solve problems
A small block of mass $m$ rests on the bottom of a big box also of mass $m$. If the small block is then given a velocity $V$ to the right, how far has the box moved once the block has come to rest ...
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Re: Susskind and Hrabovsky: Should the Lagrangian of a particle referred to a rotating frame omit the velocity dependent "potential"?
My question pertains to Lecture 6: Exercise 4 in The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky. A suggested solution has been posted here: http://www.madscitech.org/tm/slns/
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