Ghlen Livid edited First_step_in_Velocity_Verlet__.tex  almost 8 years ago

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is a forward finite-difference approximation of $\vec{v}(\Delta t)$, i.e.  $$ \frac{1}{\Delta t} (\vec{x}(2 \Delta t) - \vec{x}(\Delta t)) = \vec{\hat{v}}(\Delta t) + O(\Delta t^2) t)  $$ Again, Euler's iteration has $O(\Delta t^2)$ t)$  error. $$ \vec{v}(0) + \frac{1}{2}\vec{a}(0)\Delta t = \vec{\hat{v}}(\Delta t) + O(\Delta t^2) t)  $$ So we get  $$\vec{v}(\Delta t) = \vec{\hat{v}}(\Delta t) + O(\Delta t^2) t)  $$ where $\vec{\hat{v}}$ is a precise value.