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A pendulum of mass

and length

is attached to a rod of length

, with constant angular velocity

around the

axis, with a damping coefficient

and a driving force amplitude

. The initial angle between the axis and the pendulum is

with velocity

. Plots of the system and its corresponding phase space are shown.

The equation of motion is

where

is the acceleration due to gravity.

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