This post has been sitting in my mind for quite some time. Really, it is about mechanics - not about pendulums. What is the goal in mechanics (classical mechanics, if you like)? Generally, it is to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract One can (for the most part) formulate a model of a classical system in either the Lagrangian or the Hamiltonian framework. Though it is often ...

Aditya L-1 has made the words ‘Lagrange points’ popular. The points are named after the Italy-born French 19th century mathematical genius, Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736 – 1813), whose father wanted him ...

The standard view is that the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of classical mechanics are theoretically equivalent. Jill North ([2009]), however, argues that they are not. In particular, she ...