Nagy, ÖrsAndrás, Szilárd2024-09-042024-09-042015-12-01Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2015) , 163-1761589-7389https://hdl.handle.net/2437/379783In this short note we present the approximate construction of closed Poncelet configurations using the simulation of a mathematical pendulum. Although the idea goes back to the work of Jacobi ([17]), only the use of modern computer technologies assures the success of the construction. We present also some remarks on using such problems in project based university courses and we present a Matlab program able to produce animated Poncelet configurations with given period. In the same spirit we construct Steiner configurations and we give a few teaching oriented remarks on the Poncelet grid theorem.application/pdfmathematical pendulumcomputer simulationPoncelet porismSteiner porismPoncelet gridfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessÖrs Nagy and Szilárd Andráshttps://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2015.0390Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science213Teach. Math. Comp. Sci.2676-8364