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Spherical pendulum
In physics, a spherical pendulum is a higher dimensional analogue of the pendulum. It consists of a mass moving without friction on the surface of a sphere. The only forces acting on the mass are the reaction from the sphere and gravity. It is convenient to use the spherical coordinates to describe the position of the mass in terms of , where is fixed such that r = l .
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In physics, a spherical pendulum is a higher dimensional analogue of the pendulum. It consists of a mass moving without friction on the surface of a sphere. The only forces acting on the mass are the reaction from the sphere and gravity. It is convenient to use the spherical coordinates to describe the position of the mass in terms of , where is fixed such that r = l .
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