Verlet integration

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf numerical integration method
gptkbp:advantage simplicity
numerical stability
gptkbp:application simulating Newtonian mechanics
simulating particle motion
gptkbp:category second-order integration method
gptkbp:form x(t+dt) = 2x(t) - x(t-dt) + a(t)dt^2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Verlet integration
gptkbp:introducedIn 1967
gptkbp:limitation not suitable for stiff equations
requires positions at two previous time steps
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Loup_Verlet
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:leapfrog_integration
symplectic integrator
velocity Verlet integration
gptkbp:usedIn computer graphics
physics simulations
molecular dynamics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:leapfrog_algorithm
gptkb:velocity_Verlet_algorithm
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7