Department of Physics and Astronomy

The Forbes Group

Prerequisites: Models

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Prerequisites: Models

This post describes various models that are useful for demonstrating interesting physics.

Classical Physics

Kuramoto Model

Solvable model demonstrating synchronization of weakly coupled classical oscillators.

Movie of coupled metronomes