Plasma and Fusion Research
Volume 7, 2401103 (2012)
Regular Articles
- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N-13, W-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N-13, W-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
Abstract
Two accuracy assurance schemes are combined into the Binary Interaction Approximation (BIA) to N-body problems. The first one is a sort of variable time step (VTS) scheme for a given error tolerance. Since this scheme sometimes does not converge, an error-tolerance-adjusting (ETA) scheme is also introduced. With these two schemes combined into the original BIA, a significant improvement in terms of numerical error is obtained.
Keywords
binary interaction approximation, N-body problem, accuracy assurance, variable time step scheme, error tolerance adjustment, Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg
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This paper may be cited as follows:
Shun-ichi OIKAWA, Masaki GOTO, Kosuke HARUTA and Takanori KAMEI, Plasma Fusion Res. 7, 2401103 (2012).