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Atwood's machine with a massive string

General Physics 2017-10-04 v1

Abstract

The dynamics of Atwood's machine with a string of significant mass are described by the Lagrangian formalism, providing an eloquent example of how the Lagrangian approach is a great deal simpler and so much more expedient than the Newtonian treatment.

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@article{arxiv.1710.01263,
  title  = {Atwood's machine with a massive string},
  author = {Nivaldo A. Lemos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.01263},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures

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