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Baumgarte, J. W.

Publications and source records attributed to Baumgarte, J. W..

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NASA NTRS1976

Stabilization by modification of the Lagrangian

In order to reduce the error growth during a numerical integration, a method for stabilizing the differential equations of Keplerian motion is offered. It is characterized by the use of the eccentric anomaly as independent variable in such a way that the time transformation is given by a generalized Lagrange formalism. The control terms in the equations of motion obtained by this modified Lagrangian give immediately a completely Lyapunov-stable set of differential equations. The equation of time integration is modified by a control term which leads to an integral which defined the time element for the perturbed Keplerian motion.

Baumgarte, J. W.↗

NASA NTRS1975

Stabilization by modification of the Lagrangian

In order to reduce the error growth during a numerical integration, a method of stabilization of the differential equations of the Keplerian motion is offered. It is characterized by the use of the eccentric anomaly as an independent variable in such a way that the time transformation is given by a generalized Lagrange formalism. The control terms in the equations of motion obtained by this modified Lagrangian give immediately a completely Liapunov-stable set of differential equations. In contrast to other publications, here the equation of time integration is modified by a control term which leads to an integral which defined the time element for the perturbed Keplerian motion.

Baumgarte, J. W.↗