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Gyroscopic stabilization of an inverted symmetric top
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Classical mechanics
Rigid body dynamics
Euler angles for a symmetric top
Heavy symmetric top Lagrangian
Heavy symmetric top Hamiltonian
Heavy symmetric top reduction
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At the upright spinning state,
p
ϕ
=
p
ψ
=
λ
. The reduced potential is locally minimized at zero inclination when
λ
2
>
4
I
M
g
a
,
(36)
so sufficiently large axial angular momentum stabilizes the gravitationally inverted top.
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Heavy symmetric top reduction
Heavy symmetric top Hamiltonian
Heavy symmetric top Lagrangian
Euler angles for a symmetric top
Rigid body dynamics
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