Change of the plane of oscillation of a Foucault pendulum from simple pictures

Thomas F. Jordan; Jonathan Maps

doi:10.1119/1.3459935

Change of the plane of oscillation of a Foucault pendulum from simple pictures

Thomas F. Jordan, Jonathan Maps

Physics & Astronomy (Duluth)

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Abstract

The change of the plane of oscillation of a Foucault pendulum is calculated without using equations of motion, the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, parallel transport, or assumptions that are difficult to explain.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1188-1189
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	78
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3459935
State	Published - Oct 21 2010

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