Verlet integration
type: Item
instance of: mathematical expression
instance of: discrete-time expression
defining formula: q ( t + τ ) = 2 q ( t ) − q ( t − τ ) + τ 2 F ( q ( t ) ) / M
in defining formula: F
in defining formula: τ
in defining formula: m
in defining formula: q
in defining formula: t
contains: Euler forward method
contains: backward Euler method
described by source: Computer "Experiments" on Classical Fluids. I. Thermodynamical Properties of Lennard-Jones Molecules
description: Originally discovered already by Newton: Essentially a symmetric (and symplectic!) combination of Euler forward and backward methods.
Wikidata QID: Q2984997
community: MathModDB
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI formula profile
similar to: second order differencing method
named after: Carl Størmer
named after: Loup Verlet
described at URL: Verlet integration
description: sympletic, reversible time-discretization of Newton's equations of motion
alternative label: Stoermer-Verlet integration