Journal of Advances in Applied Mathematics

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DOI: 10.22606/jaam.2018.34001

• Federico Talamucci^*
  DIMAI Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Florence, Italy

The model we consider consists in a double pendulum set, where the pivot points are free to shift along a horizontal line. Moreover, the two pendula are coupled by means of a spring whose extremities connect two points of each pendulum, at a fixed distance from the corresponding pivot. The mathematical model is first written encompassing a large class of setting for the device (different sizes, different physical properties, ...). In order to carry on the problem of synchronization via analytical methods, we focus on the circumstance of identical pendula: in that case, some classical theorems concerning the zeroes of polynomial equations are used in order to locate the eigenvalues governing the process, so that the possibility of synchronization of the device can be better understood.

Coupled oscillation, synchronization, characteristic equation, eigenvalue localization

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