Complex Trajectories of a Simple Pendulum
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hep-thmath.MPnlin.CD
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pendulumcomplexmotionclassicalhamiltonianpt-symmetrictrajectoriesbecomes
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The motion of a classical pendulum in a gravitational field of strength g is explored. The complex trajectories as well as the real ones are determined. If g is taken to be imaginary, the Hamiltonian that describes the pendulum becomes PT-symmetric. The classical motion for this PT-symmetric Hamiltonian is examined in detail. The complex motion of this pendulum in the presence of an external periodic forcing term is also studied.
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