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Past exam of the short options paper shared by Prelims and Parts A and B of the physics course of the University of Oxford
/
2016
/
S7
/
1
/
3
/
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2026-10-25
The floor contributes
gravitational potential
m
g
z
=
m
ω
2
(
x
1
2
+
y
1
2
)
/2
. Neglecting
vertical velocity
as
specified, for the nonrotating cup orientation
ϕ
=
−
Ω
the
Lagrangian
is
L
=
2
m
[(
x
˙
1
−
R
Ω
sin
Ω
t
)
2
+
(
y
˙
1
+
R
Ω
cos
Ω
t
)
2
]
−
2
m
ω
2
(
x
1
2
+
y
1
2
)
.
(1)
For general
α
=
Ω
+
ϕ
, replace the
velocity
components by
x
˙
1
−
α
y
1
+
R
Ω
sin
ϕt
and
y
˙
1
+
α
x
1
+
R
Ω
cos
ϕt
. The potential remains the same because the
paraboloid
is axisymmetric.
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