Beeman's algorithm

Beeman's algorithm is is a method for numerically integrating ordinary differential equations, generally position and velocity, which is closely related to Verlet integration.

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x(t+\Delta t) = x(t) + v(t) \Delta t + (\frac{2}{3}a(t) - \frac{1}{6} a(t - \Delta t) )\Delta t^2 + O( \Delta t^4) }

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle v(t + \Delta t) = v(t) + (\frac{1}{3}a(t + \Delta t) + \frac{5}{6}a(t) - \frac{1}{6}a(t - \Delta t)) \Delta t + O(\Delta t^3)}

where x is the position, v is the velocity, a is the acceleration, t is time, and \Delta t is the time-step.

A predictor-corrector variant is useful when the forces are velocity-dependent:

$x(t+\Delta t)=x(t)+v(t)\Delta t+{\frac {2}{3}}a(t)\Delta t^{2}-{\frac {1}{6}}a(t-\Delta t)\Delta t^{2}+O(\Delta t^{4}).$

The velocities at time Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t =t + \Delta t} are then calculated from the positions.

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle v(t + \Delta t) (predicted) = v(t) + \frac{3}{2}a(t) \Delta t - \frac{1}{2}a(t - \Delta t) \Delta t + O( \Delta t^3)}

The accelerations at time Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t =t + \Delta t} are then calculated from the positions and predicted velocities.

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle v(t + \Delta t) (corrected) = v(t) + \frac{1}{3}a(t + \Delta t) \Delta t + \frac{5}{6}a(t) \Delta t - \frac{1}{6}a(t - \Delta t) \Delta t + O( \Delta t^3) }

See also

• Velocity Verlet algorithm

References

• Beeman's algorithm entry on wikipedia