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1982 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Motion in a circle and simple harmonic motion

Authors : C. W. Celia, A. T. F. Nice, K. F. Elliott

Published in: Advanced mathematics 2

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK

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Let the point P be moving in a circle of radius r with centre at the origin O. At time t let the radius OP make an angle θ with the x-axis. Then the angular velocity ω of P about O is given by <math display='block'> <mrow> <mi>&#x03C9;</mi><mo>=</mo><mfrac> <mrow> <mi>d</mi><mi>&#x03B8;</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mi>d</mi><mi>t</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </math>]]</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="TEX"><![CDATA[$$\[\omega = \frac{{d\theta }}{{dt}}\]$$.

Metadata
Title
Motion in a circle and simple harmonic motion
Authors
C. W. Celia
A. T. F. Nice
K. F. Elliott
Copyright Year
1982
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03566-3_10

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