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The use of regularization methods based on the Kustaanheimo-Stiefel transformation (KS) is reviewed. The history of the development of such methods is summarized and anecdotal information about the related events is told. Details of the multi-particle regularization methods are given, including the most recent developments.
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Mikkola, S. Numerical Treatment of Small Stellar Systems with Binaries. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 68, 87–104 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008291715719
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