Appendix A: Simple Harmonic Motion

• The motion does not lose energy to friction. The differential equation, which represents the motion of the pendulum very similar to simple harmonic motion, is d2θ dt2 þ g l sinθ ¼ 0 ðB:1Þ See Appendix A for Eq. B.1 derivation as well as the following pages. In order to derive the simple pendulum equation and prove the dimensional ................
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