Are Gauss-Legendre methods useful in molecular dynamics?

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-179

  Lopez Marcos M A ^a   Sanz Serna, J M ^a   Diaz J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gauss Legendre methods; Molecular dynamics; Parallel integrators; Symplectic integration

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VECTORS; VELOCITY;

GAUSS LEGENDRE METHODS; PARALLEL INTEGRATORS; SYMPLECTIC INTEGRATION; VERLET METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0030079177     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0427(95)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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