Computational Physics -- Chapter 3
Oscillatory Motion and Chaos
Simple pendulum -- Euler method
Oscillatory motion of a simple pendulum - a simple harmonic
oscillator - calculated using the Euler method. This also illustrates
the problems with using the Euler method for an oscillatory type of
problem.
Nonlinear pendulum -- Euler-Cromer method
Motion of a damped, nonlinear pendulum, calculated using the Euler-Cromer
method. Can be used to study the chaotic behavior of this system.