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phantomvommand
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- I have "derived" a differential equation for the catenary, and have attached my working. It looks slightly different from the correct expression, which can be found here: https://www.math24.net/equation-catenary
Please do tell me where I made a mistake. Thank you!
Important note: I only derived the differential equation, I did not solve it.
What I think caused the mistake:
- the tangent approximation (tan(theta+dtheta) ~ tan theta + d theta
What I think caused the mistake:
- the tangent approximation (tan(theta+dtheta) ~ tan theta + d theta