3. Consider a pendulum of mass m suspended by a massless spring with unextended length b and spring constant k. The pendulum's point of support rises vertically with constant acceleration a. (a) Use the Lagrange method to find the equations of motion. (b) Determine the Hamiltonian and Hamilton's equations of motion. (e) What is the period of small oscillations?

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3. Consider a pendulum of mass m suspended by a massless spring with unextended length
b and spring constant k. The pendulum's point of support rises vertically with constant
acceleration a.
(a) Use the Lagrange method to find the equations of motion.
(b) Determine the Hamiltonian and Hamilton's equations of motion.
(c) What is the period of small oscillations?
Transcribed Image Text:3. Consider a pendulum of mass m suspended by a massless spring with unextended length b and spring constant k. The pendulum's point of support rises vertically with constant acceleration a. (a) Use the Lagrange method to find the equations of motion. (b) Determine the Hamiltonian and Hamilton's equations of motion. (c) What is the period of small oscillations?
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