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Are all orbits of the conservative pendulum homoclinic?
I don't understand this statement:
"The homoclinic orbit is characterized by $E = mgl$. When $E < mgl$, the pendulum is tracing other orbits."
If energy is conserved, then $E_0 = E$ ($E$...
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What creates the chaotic motion on a double pendulum?
As we know, The double pendulum has a chaotic motion. But, why is this? I mean, the mass of the two pendulums are the same and they have the same length. But, what makes its motion random?
I'm just ...
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