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A new method for obtaining approximate solutions of the hyperbolic Kepler's equation
- Source :
- Celest Mech Dyn Astr (2015) 123, 435-451
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- We provide an approximate zero $\widetilde{S}(g,L)$ for the hyperbolic Kepler's equation $S-g\, {\rm asinh} (S)-L=0$ for $g\in(0,1)$ and $L\in[0,\infty)$. We prove, by using Smale's $\alpha$-theory, that Newton's method starting at our approximate zero produces a sequence that converges to the actual solution $S(g,L)$ at quadratic speed, i.e. if $S_n$ is the value obtained after $n$ iterations, then $|S_n-S|\leq 0.5^{2^n-1}|\widetilde{S}-S|$. The approximate zero $\widetilde{S}(g,L)$ is a piecewise-defined function involving several linear expressions and one with cubic and square roots. In bounded regions of $(0,1) \times [0,\infty)$ that exclude a small neighborhood of $g=1, L=0$, we also provide a method to construct simpler starters involving only constants.<br />Comment: 14 pages, 2 figures
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Celest Mech Dyn Astr (2015) 123, 435-451
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1503.01641
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-015-9645-0