The Physics Teacher, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 286–290, May 2003
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Fig. 1. The block on a flat plate. Our theory is restricted to small-amplitude oscillations (theta << 1). First citation in article


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Fig. 2. An off-center tunnel through the Earth. The motion is simple harmonic with tau / 2 = 42 min for all amplitudes, and the tunnel need not pass through the center of the Earth. First citation in article


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Fig. 3. The long-string pendulum. Our theory is restricted to small-amplitude oscillations (theta, phi << 1). First citation in article


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