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Symplectic Integrators for Hamiltonian Systems: Basic Theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2017
Abstract
Symplectic integrators are numerical integration methods for Hamiltonian systems, which conserves the symplectic 2-form exactly. With use of symplectic integrators there is no secular increase in the error of the energy because of the existence of a conserved quantity closed to the original Hamiltonian. Higher order symplectic integrators are obtained by a composition of 2nd order ones.
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- Part VII - Dynamical Systems. Maps. Integrators
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