Talk:N-body problem: Difference between revisions

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But this raises another, more important issue: how can we be sure our results are correct (or even "close to plausible") for a problem like this? --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 07:48, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
 
== Let's agree on a specific problem to solve ==
 
While the code we write may be general purpose, let's come up with some initial positions and velocities and masses of objects to solve.
 
Since this is just for a gravitational interaction simulation, collisions should not be worried about, right?
 
 
I propose we leave the method of numerical integration up to the user as long as their error is within a given amount.
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