Simple harmonic and non-harmonic motion.

Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and random motion. One might call this kinetic art and the choreography of the dance of the pendulums is stunning! Aliasing and quantum revival can also be shown.

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∞  12/05/11
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    Ahh physics is pretty. Although one near...slightly out of place which annoys me a bit.
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    ^_^ It’s fun how you can see...factoring going on. Each pendulum is rocking on its own,...
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    This is beautiful!
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    I fucking love math. This
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    Simple, but incredible.
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    JESUS. I want one.
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