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Huygens' cycloidal pendulum: an elementary derivation

Classical Physics 2022-04-25 v2

Abstract

A pedagogical derivation of the Huygens cycloidal pendulum, suitable for high-school students, is here presented. Our derivation rests only on simple algebraic and geometrical tricks, without the need of any Calculus concept.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2004.06401,
  title  = {Huygens' cycloidal pendulum: an elementary derivation},
  author = {Riccardo Borghi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.06401},
  year   = {2022}
}
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