Lack of dissipativity is not symplecticness |
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Authors: | A. Portillo J. M. Sanz-Serna |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departamento de Matemática Aplicada y Computación, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain |
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Abstract: | We show that, when numerically integrating Hamiltonian problems, nondissipative numerical methods do not in general share the advantages possessed by symplectic integrators. Here a numerical method is called nondissipative if, when applied with a small stepsize to the test equationdy/dt = iy, real, has amplification factors of unit modulus. We construct a fourth order, nondissipative, explicit Runge-Kutta-Nyström procedure with small error constants. Numerical experiments show that this scheme does not perform efficiently in the numerical integration of Hamiltonian problems.This research has been supported by project DGICYT PB92-254. |
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Keywords: | Hamiltonian problems symplectic integrators nondissipative methods Runge-Kutta-Nyströ m procedures |
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