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Huygens' cycloidal pendulum: an elementary derivation
Riccardo Borghi
A pedagogical derivation of the Huygens cycloidal pendulum, suitable for high-school students, is here presented. Our derivation rests only on simple algebraic and geometrical tric…
From Kepler's laws to Newton's law: a didactical proof
Riccardo Borghi
An elementary derivation of the Newton "inverse square law" from the three Kepler laws is proposed. Our proof, thought essentially for first-year undergraduates, basically rests on…
Simple pendulum dynamics: revisiting the Fourier-based approach to the solution
Riccardo Borghi
The Fourier-based analysis customarily employed to analyze the dynamics of a simple pendulum is here revisited to propose an elementary iterative scheme aimed at generating a seque…
Trajectory of a body in a resistant medium: an elementary derivation
Riccardo Borghi
A didactical exposition of the classical problem of the trajectory determination of a body, subject to the gravity in a resistant medium, is proposed. Our revisitation is aimed at…