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ZenGum · 10-19-2011, 06:42 AM

A little bit of physics, a little bit of maths, and ... whoooaaahh, duuuuude!

Mostly it is just about the period of a given pendulum being a function of it's length, but invariant over the amplitude of the swing, appropriately iterated over monotonically increasing lengths.

I think I see the "period three implies chaos" law at work here too.

If this doesn't lure Pie back, nothing will.

There is a pretty good explanation at the Youtube page.

10-19-2011, 06:42 AM	#1
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Nerdgasm: pendulum waves A little bit of physics, a little bit of maths, and ... whoooaaahh, duuuuude! Mostly it is just about the period of a given pendulum being a function of it's length, but invariant over the amplitude of the swing, appropriately iterated over monotonically increasing lengths. I think I see the "period three implies chaos" law at work here too. If this doesn't lure Pie back, nothing will. There is a pretty good explanation at the Youtube page. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.