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We present an algorithm to simulate the many-body depletion interaction between anisotropic colloids in an implicit way, integrating out the degrees of freedom of the depletants, which we treat as an ideal gas. Because the depletant…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-08-31 Jens Glaser , Andrew S. Karas , Sharon C. Glotzer

We construct several variational integrators--integrators based on a discrete variational principle--for systems with Lagrangians of the form L = L_A + epsilon L_B, with epsilon << 1, where L_A describes an integrable system. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-25 Will M. Farr

As a highly expressive generative model, diffusion models have demonstrated exceptional success across various domains, including image generation, natural language processing, and combinatorial optimization. However, as data distributions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Myunsoo Kim , Donghyeon Ki , Seong-Woong Shim , Byung-Jun Lee

The kinetic term of the $N$-body Hamiltonian system defined on the surface of the sphere is non-separable. As a result, standard explicit symplectic integrators are inapplicable. We exploit an underlying hierarchy in the structure of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-23 Ana Silva , Eitan Ben Av , Efi Efrati

Numerical integration methods are central to the study of self-gravitating systems, particularly those comprised of many bodies or otherwise beyond the reach of analytical methods. Predictor-corrector schemes, both multi-step methods and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-24 Alexander J. Dittmann

The simulation of systems that act on multiple time scales is challenging. A stable integration of the fast dynamics requires a highly accurate approximation whereas for the simulation of the slow part, a coarser approximation is accurate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Sina Ober-Blöbaum , Theresa Wenger , Tobias Gail , Sigrid Leyendecker

Dynamic simulation of elastic bodies is a longstanding task in engineering and computer graphics. In graphics, numerical integrators like implicit Euler and BDF2 are preferred due to their stability at large time steps, but they tend to…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Kevin You , Juntian Zheng , Minchen Li

We investigate a hybrid numerical algorithm aimed at the large-scale cosmological N-body simulation for the on-going and the future high precious sky surveys. It makes use of a truncated Fast Multiple Method (FMM) for short-range gravity,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-01-13 Qiao Wang

Cosmological N-Body simulations are used for a variety of applications. Indeed progress in the study of large scale structures and galaxy formation would have been very limited without this tool. For nearly twenty years the limitations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-07 J. S. Bagla , Nishikanta Khandai

Probabilistic solvers provide a flexible and efficient framework for simulation, uncertainty quantification, and inference in dynamical systems. However, like standard solvers, they suffer performance penalties for certain stiff systems,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-20 Nathanael Bosch , Philipp Hennig , Filip Tronarp

We present WHFast, a fast and accurate implementation of a Wisdom-Holman symplectic integrator for long-term orbit integrations of planetary systems. WHFast is significantly faster and conserves energy better than all other Wisdom-Holman…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Hanno Rein , Daniel Tamayo

Hierarchical code coupling strategies make it possible to combine the results of individual numerical solvers into a self-consistent symplectic solution. We explore the possibility of allowing such a coupling strategy to be non-intrusive.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 Simon Portegies Zwart , Inti Pelupessy , Carmen Martinez-Barbosa , Arjen van Elteren , Steve McMillan

We propose the $S$-leaping algorithm for the acceleration of Gillespie's stochastic simulation algorithm that combines the advantages of the two main accelerated methods; the $\tau$-leaping and $R$-leaping algorithms. These algorithms are…

We investigate a local incremental stationary scheme for the numerical solution of rate-independent systems. Such systems are characterized by a (possibly) non-convex energy and a dissipation potential, which is positively homogeneous of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Merlin Andreia , Christian Meyer

Symplectic integrators that preserve the geometric structure of Hamiltonian flows and do not exhibit secular growth in energy errors are suitable for the long-term integration of N-body Hamiltonian systems in the solar system. However, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-02 Ying Wang , Wei Sun , Fuyao Liu , Xin Wu

Compared to other symplectic integrators (the Wisdom and Holman map and its higher order generalizations) that also take advantage of the hierarchical nature of the motion of the planets around the central star, our methods require solving…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 M. Antoñana , E. Alberdi , J. Makazaga , A. Murua

We present a new algorithm for isothermal-isobaric molecular-dynamics simulation. The method uses an extended Hamiltonian with an Andersen piston combined with the Nos'e-Poincar'e thermostat, recently developed by Bond, Leimkuhler and Laird…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jess B. Sturgeon , Brian B. Laird

An effective paradigm for simulating the dynamics of robots that locomote and manipulate is multi-rigid body simulation with rigid contact. This paradigm provides reasonable tradeoffs between accuracy, running time, and simplicity of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-08-09 Evan M. Drumwright

An important problem in space-time adaptive detection is the estimation of the large p-by-p interference covariance matrix from training signals. When the number of training signals n is greater than 2p, existing estimators are generally…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-26 Benjamin D. Robinson , Robert Malinas , Alfred O. Hero

In this paper we study the performance of a symplectic numerical integrator based on the splitting method. This method is applied to a subtle problem i.e. higher order resonance of the elastic pendulum. In order to numerically study the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. M. Tuwankotta , G. R. W. Quispel