Cody Problem 49830 asks for the period T of a pendulum swinging through a small angle. Here the pendulum started at rest from an angle 
that is not necessarily small. The other assumptions are similar (no friction or drag, massless rod).
that is not necessarily small. The other assumptions are similar (no friction or drag, massless rod). Write a function that takes the initial angle and returns 
, where L is the length of the pendulum and g is the acceleration of gravity. In the limit as the initial angle approaches zero, the function should produce 
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, where L is the length of the pendulum and g is the acceleration of gravity. In the limit as the initial angle approaches zero, the function should produce .Solution Stats
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It seems integral() is not able to resolve upto the required precision.
I will have to think of another method or function.
Hint: 45982