Numerical Simulation of a Tippetop

Below are some Mathematica files with numerical simulations of the inverting top and related physical systems. The code was written by Christoph Lätt as part of his bachelor thesis in 2016. His thesis (in german) contains further explanations.

Mathematica files

• Inhomogenous disk with friction
• Theory of the inhomogenous sphere
• Animation of the inverting sphere
• Euler's disk

Videos

• Inverting sphere (mp4, 0.5MB).
• Tippe top (mp4, 1MB). An updated version (mp4, 7MB) with higher resolution and framerate is now available (7.6.2020).
• Euler's disk (mp4, 4MB)