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Action-angle coordinates for the pendulum problem

Classical Physics 2015-03-19 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The action-angle coordinates for the planar pendulum problem are expressed in terms of the Jacobi elliptic functions and integrals. In particular, we show that the Jacobi zeta function generates the canonical transformation from the pendulum coordinates ϑ\vartheta and pϑ/tp \equiv \partial\vartheta/\partial t to the action-angle coordinates (J,ζ)(J,\zeta) for both the librating pendulum and the rotating pendulum.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1108.4970,
  title  = {Action-angle coordinates for the pendulum problem},
  author = {Alain J. Brizard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.4970},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages and 2 figure. Revised manuscript accepted for publication in CNSNS

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