Angle ∠BAC might refer to any of four angles: the clockwise angle from B to C, the anticlockwise angle from B to C, the clockwise angle from C to B, or the anticlockwise angle from C to B, where the direction in which the angle is measured determines its sign (see Positive and negative angles). However, in many geometrical situations it is obvious from context that the positive angle less than or equal to 180 degrees is meant, and no ambiguity arises. Otherwise, a convention may be adopted so that ∠BAC always refers to the anticlockwise (positive) angle from B to
Pendulum (mathematics) spring from its equilibrium position assumes the small angle approximation. The Lagrangian is then which leads to the following set of coupled differential equations: Adding and subtracting these two equations in turn, and applying the small angle approximation, gives two harmonic oscillator equations in the variables formula_61 and formula_62: with the corresponding solutions where and formula_66, formula_67, formula_47, formula_69 are constants of integration. Expressing the solutions in terms of formula_53 and formula_54 alone: If the bobs are not given an initial push, then the condition formula_73 requires formula_74, which gives (after some rearranging): Pendulum (mathematics) The mathematics of pendulums are