A time-transformed leapfrog scheme: Integration of few-body systems with large mass ratios

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-354

  Mikkola, Seppo ^a   Aarseth, Sverre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite integration; N body problem; Second order differential equations; Time transformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141457849     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021149313347     Document Type: Article

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