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A particle of mass m is suspended by a massless spring of length L. It hangs, without init...

A particle of mass m is suspended by a massless spring of length L. It hangs, without initial motion, in a gravitational field of strength g. It is struck by an impulsive horizontal blow, which introduces an angular velocity ω. If ω is sufficiently small, it is obvious that the mass moves as a simple pendulum. If ω is sufficiently large, the mass will rotate about the support. Use a Lagrange multiplier to determine the conditions under which the string becomes slack at some point in the motion.

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