Re: [Phys-L] LC circuit simulation

[Diego Saravia <dsa@unsa.edu.ar>]

> The last time I used spice, back when the pyramids
> were young, it was not particularly well optimized
> for this.


and I think SCEPTRE is older!!!!

> If all you care about is a simple harmonic oscillator,
> one excellent way to guarantee good long-term behavior
> is to use a /symplectic/ integrator.  The simplest
> versions of this are exceedingly simple, and can be
> expressed in a spreadsheet in less time than it takes
> to tell about it.
>
>   Fancy symplectic integrators are very fancy indeed,
>   and very very accurate, but this is probably more
>   than you need at the moment.
>
> For the next level of detail on all this, see
>   http://www.av8n.com/physics/symplectic-integrator.htm

Excellent explanation, I was reading about symplectic integrators, but
your  page is great!.
Thank you very much.

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Diego Saravia
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