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Is it possible to get the SHO approximation of a pendulum without using energy conservation?
I tried to get the approximation for small angle of a simple pendulum using only $\sum \mathbf F = m\mathbf a$ and cartesian coordinates (that means only $x$'s and $y$'s, without $\theta$). After some ...
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