1 # A bead glides frictionless on a wire that has the shape of a cycloid
2 # g is the gravitational acceleration 9,81 m/s²
3 # a is the radius of the rolling circle (see Bronstein/Semendjajew p. 91)
5 # mu'' = - g/4a * mu, with mu = sin(phi/2) and phi a parameter of the cycloid
8 coefficient(2): 1 -> mu0'
9 coefficient(3): -1 -> -mu0
11 coefficient(5): 4ay # same as 4ax
13 iintegrate mu'' -> -mu'
18 -mu * g/4a -> -g/4a*mu
21 # the following is for displaying the cycloid in x-y space
22 # calculating x (NB: this includes some unacceptable approximations)
27 multiply (mu, mu) -> mu^2
28 mu^2 * 4ay -> 4ay*mu^2
29 isum 4a*mu^2 -> -2a*mu^2 # just serves to devide by 2 because we need 2a instead of 4a
31 invert (-2a*mu^2) -> 2a*mu^2
34 # display mu, so the sinus