The "not quite" inverted pendulum

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 273-285

  Bishop, S R ^a   Sudor, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032622596     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127499000158     Document Type: Article

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