pendulum_double_ode

pendulum_double_ode, a MATLAB code which sets up and solves the double pendulum ordinary differential equation (ODE).

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

pendulum_double_ode is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

pendulum_double_ode_test

matlab_ode, MATLAB codes which set up various ordinary differential equations (ODE).

Author:

Original MATLAB version by Alexander Erlich. Modifications by John Burkardt.

References:

1. V I Arnold,
   Mathematical methods of classical mechanics,
   Springer, 1989.

Source Code:

• pendulum_double_conserved.m, returns a conserved quantity of the ODE.
• pendulum_double_deriv.m, dxdt=pendulum_double_deriv(t,x) returns the right hand side of the ODE.
• pendulum_double_parameters.m, returns parameters for the ODE.