The Pendulum and Weierstrass Elliptic Functions

Опубликовано: 20 Март 2026
на канале: Oliver Knill
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This is a presentation of something recent
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.10653
which is kind of cute as it involves very classical topics: the Weierstrass elliptic function and the pendulum, both topics which occur in undergraduate mathematics. Traditionally the pendulum is solved using Jacobi elliptic functions. The use of the Weierstrass elliptic function is cute too.
Since I forgot my camera at home this morning, I had to record with my laptop and phone. The video quality of the camera showing the board is therefore lower than usual (1960 px) rather than the usual 4K.