Gravitational N-body simulations /

Gravitational N-body simulations /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Aarseth, Sverre, 1934-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Description:	xv, 413 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Subject:	Many-body problem. Many-body problem.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5039183

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ISBN:	0521432723
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-407) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. The N-body problem
2. Predictor-corrector methods
3. Neighbour treatments
4. Two-body regularization
5. Multiple regularization
6. Tree codes
7. Program organization
8. Initial setup
9. Decision-making
10. Neighbour schemes
11. Two-body algorithms
12. Chain procedures
13. Accuracy and performance
14. Practical aspects
15. Star clusters
16. Galaxies
17. Planetary systems
18. Small-N experiments
Appendix A. Global regularization algorithms
Appendix B. Chain algorithms
Appendix C. High-order systems
Appendix D. Practical algorithms
Appendix E. KS procedures with GRAPE
Appendix F. Alternative simulation method
Appendix G. Table of symbols
Appendix H. Hermite integration method
References
Index