Symplectic variable step size integration for \(N\)-body problems

DOI10.1016/S0168-9274(98)00031-2zbMath0927.70003MaRDI QIDQ1294540

Robert D. Skeel, David J. Hardy, Daniel I. Okunbor

Publication date: 29 June 1999

Published in: Applied Numerical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

second-order accuracy; time-reversibility; 2-body central force interactions; decomposition of potential energy; leapfrog/Störmer/Verlet integrator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

70-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems

65L06: Multistep, Runge-Kutta and extrapolation methods for ordinary differential equations

70F10: (n)-body problems

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