Chaotic orbits of a pendulum with variable length

Electronic Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-14

  Furi, Massimo ^a   Martelli, Mario ^b   O'Neill, Mike ^b   Staples, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaotic; Orbit; Pendulum; Separatrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042590477     PISSN: 10726691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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