111 the rcluation of the t,itle, 0 = w(t) is a slowly varying function of t for - E < I < z If w is replaced by a constant equal to the momentary value W, at t = 7. the modified equ:tticIn has an integral
and for appropriate and .\-, of period
,\ssociated
with
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this
there
is an “adiabatic
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in - z
is a “rnornentary”
periodic
motion
between
s = S’
invariant”
< f < CC to error
0(e”2),
whew
e is a measure
of
.I/liabutic Inmrictnce. IT.. ,\‘ote on CL A\Te~r: Method j”or Lorentz’s Pendulum Problenl. J. E. I,IWI.EWOOI~, Trinity College, Cambridge, England. The Note sketches an alternative met.hod for the problem, which was discussed in another paper. The new method seems likely to be better suited than the old for a discussion and it has some formal inkrest.