Torque Applied to Shaft of Gyropscope Perpendicular to Axis results in Precession

Physical Law

Let $G$ be a gyroscope.

Let a torque be applied to the shaft of $G$ in order to get it to rotate the shaft on an axis perpendicular to the shaft.

Then the resulting motion of $G$ will be a precession.

Proof

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): gyroscope
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): gyroscope