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We prove the existence of subharmonic solutions in the dynamics of a pendulum whose point of suspension executes a vertical anharmonic oscillation of small amplitude.
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Cabral, H.E., de A. Amorim, T. Subharmonic Solutions of a Pendulum Under Vertical Anharmonic Oscillations of the Point of Suspension. Regul. Chaot. Dyn. 22, 782–791 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1560354717070024
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