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Inverted Pendulum as part of a Chaos experiment developed by Prof. Bergmann for Senior Laboratory course. When driven at ten times the resonant frequency and at sufficient amplitude, the pendulum bob will oscillate in the inverted position above the pivot point (as shown). By approaching a critical amplitude from above, the oscillation frequency in the inverted position approaches zero, like the critical slow down in a second order phase transition.


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