4th-Order Runge Kutta approximation for Orbital Integrals Inaccurate

Success_Machine — 4/29/2004 3:46:19 PM (archived)

This method is often used to predict trajectories, but it was devised as an approximation to the exact integral, sacrificing accuracy just to save time. You would be surprised just how inaccurate it is.

Got that off my chest.

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4th-Order Runge Kutta approximation for Orbital Integrals Inaccurate - Success_Machine - 4/29/2004 3:46:19 PM
- There are techniques based upon the Calculus of Variations that give good global fit to orbital parameters. - David F Mayer - 5/20/2004 12:35:24 AM
- Depends on how you calculate the trajectory - Gary - 4/30/2004 2:19:17 AM
  - re: Depends on how you calculate the trajectory - gokhan - 5/18/2004 10:40:09 AM
    - Reference books on the Gauss-Jackson predictor corrector - Gary - 5/19/2004 5:38:36 PM
      - re: Reference books on the Gauss-Jackson predictor corrector - gokhan - 5/20/2004 6:05:15 AM
    - re: Depends on how you calculate the trajectory - Gary - 5/19/2004 6:55:30 AM
  - re: I took a course on predictor-corrector methods - Success_Machine - 4/30/2004 5:29:44 AM
- I've got a home brewed rk4 fortran subroutine. - et - 4/29/2004 8:34:56 PM

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