Simple Pendulum

Study nonlinear pendulum motion, the small-angle period approximation, damping, and energy exchange.

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Keyboard: Space toggles play, R resets, ] steps forward, [ returns to the initial state.

A deterministic pendulum model that keeps the full sine term, making it useful for comparing small-angle predictions against larger release angles.

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