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Semi-Analytical and Semi-Numerical Methods in Celestial Mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Slawomir Breiter*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poland

Abstract

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Many quite different theories and methods of celestial mechanics are referred to as semi-analytical or semi-numerical. Their common feature is the trade-off of a generality for a computational efficiency. Four main ideas behind semi-analytical theories are identified and reviewed: series contraction, analytical support of numerical integration, piecewise solutions, and numerical evaluation of action-angle variables. The role of numerical analysis tools in analytical theories is briefly discussed.

Type
Theory of Motion
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997

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