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Space/Science » in reply to 4th-Order Runge Kutta approximation for Orbital Integrals Inaccurate

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 (archived)

However, the calculational cost is fairly large. Not too bad with today's computers, however.

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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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