The Analysis of Rotated Vector Field for the Pendulum
arXiv:0807.3288
Abstract
The pendulum, in the presence of linear dissipation and a constant torque, is a non-integrable, nonlinear differential equation. In this paper, using the idea of rotated vector fields, derives the relation between the applied force and the periodic solution, and a conclusion that the critical value of is a fixed one in the over damping situation. These results are of practical significance in the study of charge-density waves in physics.
arXiv comment11 pages With 8 figures. A mathematical focus version separated from cond-mat/0702061. cond-mat/0702061 is replaced with a physics focus version. In Ver.2, some sentences are revised on rhetoric, and the bibliography is renewed