Re: [Phys-l] time to bottom of ramp

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Ahh, yes.  But the isomorphism breaks down badly when the pendulum problem 
becomes interesting, when the angle exceeds pi/2 (and pi - see almost any 
discussion of chaos).
			regards,
				Jack


On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, David Bowman wrote:

> One more point about the curved ramp problem.  I don't know how many
> people noticed that when the ramp is shaped as a circle and object
> slides along it without friction the problem is isomorphic to a
> simple pendulum problem.
>
> David Bowman
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