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Homework Statement
A bead slides without friction on a circle in the shape of cycloid with equations x=a(B-sinB) and y=a(1+cosB) where 0<=B<=2pi.
Find the lagrangian.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I've tried to solve that problem by converting the positions x and y from cartesian coordinate to a new system of coordiantes defined by those equations. The problem is that am having many long calcucaltions. My new idea is to work it out in the polar coordinates. Am i going in the roght way?