Abstract

We define the notion of a pendulum on a surface of constant curvature and study the motion of a mass at a fixed distance from a pivot. We consider some special cases: first a pivot that moves with constant speed along a geodesic, and then a pivot that undergoes acceleration along a fixed geodesic.

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