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Equations of Motion of a Rigid Spherical Body

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In this chapter, we introduce basic equations of dynamics of a rigid body during motion about a fixed pivot point. On the basis of these equations, later in this work, we will describe gyroscopic phenomena.

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    Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891), Russian mathematician.

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Awrejcewicz, J., Koruba, Z. (2012). Equations of Motion of a Rigid Spherical Body. In: Classical Mechanics. Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics, vol 30. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3978-3_2

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