Change of the plane of oscillation of a Foucault pendulum from simple pictures
Abstract
The change of the plane of oscillation of a Foucault pendulum is calculated without using equations of motion, the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, parallel transport, or assumptions that are difficult to explain.
- Publication:
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American Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1119/1.3459935
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0908.0158
- Bibcode:
- 2010AmJPh..78.1188J
- Keywords:
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- pendulums;
- physics education;
- 45.00.00;
- Classical mechanics of discrete systems;
- Physics - Classical Physics
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 4 figures