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A space-time adaptive scheme is presented for solving advection equations in two space dimensions. The gradient-augmented level set method using a semi-Lagrangian formulation with backward time integration is coupled with a point value…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-04-20 Dmitry Kolomenskiy , Jean-Christophe Nave , Kai Schneider

We developed a new direct-tree hybrid N-body algorithm for fully self-consistent N-body simulations of star clusters in their parent galaxies. In such simulations, star clusters need high accuracy, while galaxies need a fast scheme because…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Fujii , M. Iwasawa , Y. Funato , J. Makino

We derive a new criterion for estimating characteristic dynamical timescales in N-body simulations. The criterion uses the second, third, and fourth derivatives of particle positions: acceleration, jerk, and snap. It can be used for…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-09 Dang Pham , Hanno Rein , David S. Spiegel

In this paper we propose an efficient third-order numerical scheme for backward stochastic differential equations(BSDEs). We use 3-point Gauss-Hermite quadrature rule for approximation of the conditional expectation and avoid spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-21 Chol-Kyu Pak , Mun-Chol Kim , Chang-Ho Rim

We propose a hierarchical splitting approach to differential equations that provides a design principle for constructing splitting methods for $N$-split systems by iteratively applying splitting methods for two-split systems. We analyze the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Kevin Schäfers , Michael Günther

The time step criterion plays a crucial role in direct N-body codes. If not chosen carefully, it will cause a secular drift in the energy error. Shared, adaptive time step criteria commonly adopt the minimum pairwise time step, which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-04 Tjarda C. N. Boekholt , Timothee Vaillant , Alexandre C. M. Correia

This paper proposes a novel higher-order multi-scale (HOMS) computational method, which is highly targeted for efficient, high-accuracy and low-computational-cost simulation of hygro-thermo-mechanical (H-T-M) coupling problems in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Hao Dong , Yifei Ding , Jiale Linghu , Yufeng Nie , Yaochuang Han

In most of mesh-free methods, the calculation of interactions between sample points or particles is the most time consuming. When we use mesh-free methods with high spatial orders, the order of the time integration should also be high. If…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 Satoko Yamamoto , Junichiro Makino

We propose a method for interpolating divergence-free continuous magnetic fields via vector potential reconstruction using Hermite interpolation, which ensures high-order continuity for applications requiring adaptive, high-order ordinary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-06 Oleksii Beznosov , Jesus Bonilla , Xianzhu Tang , Golo Wimmer

In this paper, we study convergence and superconvergence theory of integer and fractional derivatives of the one-point and the two-point Hermite interpolations. When considering the integer-order derivative, exponential decay of the error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-22 Beichuan Deng , Jiwei Zhang , Zhimin Zhang

A wide variety of outstanding problems in astrophysics involve the motion of a large number of particles ($N\gtrsim 10^{6}$) under the force of gravity. These include the global evolution of globular clusters, tidal disruptions of stars by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Cristián Maureira-Fredes , Pau Amaro-Seoane

We present a new implementation of the numerical integration of the classical, gravitational, N-body problem based on a high order Hermite's integration scheme with block time steps, with a direct evaluation of the particle-particle forces.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , M. Spera , D. Punzo

In this work, we study the Hermite interpolation on $n$-dimensional non-equally spaced, rectilinear grids over a field $\Bbbk $ of characteristic zero, given the values of the function at each point of the grid and the partial derivatives…

A wide range of implicit time integration methods, including multi-step, implicit Runge-Kutta, and Galerkin finite-time element schemes, is evaluated in the context of chaotic dynamical systems. The schemes are applied to solve the Lorenz…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-01-02 Viktoriya Morozova , James G. Coder , Kevin Holst

Singular and oscillatory functions feature in numerous applications. The high-accuracy approximation of such functions shall greatly help us develop high-order methods for solving applied mathematics problems. This paper demonstrates that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-20 Congpei An , Hao-Ning Wu

In this work, in order to obtain higher-order schemes for solving forward backward stochastic differential equations, we adopt the high-order multi-step method in [W. Zhao, Y. Fu and T. Zhou, SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 36(4) (2014),…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-06 Long Teng , Weidong Zhao

Many astrophysical simulations involve extreme dynamic range of timescales around 'special points' in the domain (e.g. black holes, stars, planets, disks, galaxies, shocks, mixing interfaces), where processes on small scales couple strongly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-11 Philip F. Hopkins , Elias R. Most

A class of improved estimators is proposed for N-point correlation functions of galaxy clustering, and for discrete spatial random processes in general. In the limit of weak clustering, the variance of the unbiased estimator converges to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 István Szapudi , Alexander S. Szalay

We consider high-order splitting schemes for large-scale differential Riccati equations. Such equations arise in many different areas and are especially important within the field of optimal control. In the large-scale case, it is critical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-14 Tony Stillfjord

This paper presents an efficient parallel direct algorithm with near-optimal complexity for the compact fourth and sixth-order approximation of the three-dimensional Helmholtz equations [1] with the problem coefficient depending on only one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-13 Ronald Gonzales , Yury Gryazin , Yun Teck Lee