The Fast Multipole Method

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algorithm
gptkbp:application electrostatics
gravitational simulations
N-body problem
gptkbp:complexity O(N)
gptkbp:enables large-scale simulations
gptkbp:field computational physics
numerical analysis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Fast Multipole Method
gptkbp:improves direct summation
gptkbp:introducedIn 1987
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Leslie_Greengard
gptkb:Vladimir_Rokhlin
gptkbp:notablePublication Journal of Computational Physics, 1987
gptkbp:reduces computational cost
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Barnes–Hut_simulation
gptkbp:usedIn astrophysics
computational chemistry
molecular dynamics
gptkbp:uses hierarchical decomposition
multipole expansion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Top_Ten_Algorithms_of_the_20th_Century_(SIAM)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8