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Foucault, J.B.L. (1851) Physical Demonstration of the Rotation of the Earth by Means of the Pendulum. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris, 51, 350-353.

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• TITLE: A Short Vector Solution of the Foucault Pendulum Problem

  AUTHORS: I. A. Ciureanu, D. Condurache

  KEYWORDS: Foucault Pendulum, Non-Inertial Reference Frame, Closed Form Vector Solution, Complex Vector

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Mechanics, Vol.5 No.2, February 27, 2015

  ABSTRACT: The paper studies the motion of the Foucault Pendulum in a rotating non-inertial reference frame and provides a closed form vector solution determined by vector and matrix calculus. The solution is determined through vector and matrix calculus in both cases, for both forms of the law of motion (for the Foucault Pendulum Problem and its “Reduced Form”). A complex vector which transforms the motion equation in a first order differential equation with constant coefficients is used. Also, a novel kinematic interpretation of the Foucault Pendulum motion is given.