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        • Duffing Oscillator with a Pendulum
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          • A rolling disc using Lagrange’s Method
        • Multi Degree of Freedom Holonomic System
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          • Essential Classes in sympy.vector (docstrings)
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      • Biomechanics API Reference
        • Musculotendon (Docstrings)
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      • Control
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