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New optimal, contractivity-preserving (CP), explicit, d-derivative, k-step Hermite–Obrechkoff series methods of order p up to \(p=20\), denoted by CP HO(d, k, p), with nonnegative coefficients are constructed. These methods are used to solve nonstiff first-order initial value problems \(y'=f(t,y)\), \(y(t_0)=y_0\). The upper bound \(p_u\) of order p of HO(d, k, p) can reach, approximately, as high as 2.4 times the number of derivatives d. The stability regions of HO(d, k, p) have generally a good shape and grow with decreasing \(p-d\). We, first, note that three selected CP HO methods: 4-derivative 7-step HO of order 13, denoted by HO(4, 7, 13), 5-derivative 6-step HO of order 13, denoted by HO(5, 6, 13), and 9-derivative 2-step HO of order 13, denoted by CMDAHO(13) compare favorably with Adams–Cowell of order 13, denoted by AC(13), in solving standard N-body problems over an interval of 1000 periods on the basis of the relative error of energy as a function of the CPU time. Next, the three HO methods compare positively with AC(13) in solving standard N-body problems on the basis of the growth of relative positional error and relative energy error over 10, 000 periods of integration. Finally, these three methods compare also well with P-stable methods of Cash and Franco et al. on some quasi periodic, second-order linear and nonlinear problems. The coefficients of selected HO methods are listed in the appendix.
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The anonymous referees are deeply thanked for many constructive comments which have improved this paper considerably. This work was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Thanks are due to Martín Lara for supplying the authors with his programs and and sharing his experience.
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Appendix: Coefficients of two selected HO methods
Appendix: Coefficients of two selected HO methods
Table 20 of the appendix lists the two selected CP HO methods: HO(4, 7, 13) and HO(5, 6, 13) with their \(c(\text {HO}(d,k,p))\) and \(x_{\text {min}}\) (of the unscaled stability intervals \(( x_{\text {min}}, 0)\)).
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Nguyen-Ba, T., Giordano, T. & Vaillancourt, R. Contractivity-preserving explicit multistep Hermite–Obrechkoff series differential equation solvers. Celest Mech Dyn Astr 124, 385–404 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-015-9668-6
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Keywords
- Contractivity preserving
- Explicit Hermite–Obrechkoff series method
- Multistep methods
- Taylor series methods
- High-precision integration of ODEs
- N-body simulation