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caption[Two numerical solutions]{(a) Numerical solutions for the small-time system
with a constant-curvature body shape showing the scaled leading-order veritcal
reaction force $N_0$ versus the scaled body mass $M$ for various values of $g$.
Again, $I=M$ for definiteness and $A=0.7$. (b) As for (a) but over a wider range of
values of $M,I$.}
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