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    Kapitza's pendulum or Kapitza pendulum is a rigid pendulum in which the pivot point vibrates in a vertical direction, up and down. It is named after Russian...
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    This is called Kapitza's pendulum, after Russian physicist Pyotr Kapitza who first analysed it. The equation of motion for a pendulum connected to a massless...
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    Furuta pendulum Gridiron pendulum Harmonograph (a.k.a. "Lissajous pendulum") Inertia wheel pendulum Inverted pendulum Kapitza's pendulum Kater's pendulum Metronome...
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    pendulum Cycloidal pendulum Double pendulum Inverted pendulum Kapitza's pendulum Rayleigh–Lorentz pendulum Elastic pendulum Mathieu function Pendulum...
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    Pyotr Kapitsa (redirect from Peter Kapitza)
    Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa or Peter Kapitza FRS (Russian: Пётр Леонидович Капица, Romanian: Petre Capița; 9 July [O.S. 26 June] 1894 – 8 April 1984) was...
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