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    Celestial mechanics with symplectic integrators

    Degrees of freedom - what does that mean in this context? The dimensionality of x and p, or the number of bodies? Or something else?
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    Celestial mechanics with symplectic integrators

    Homework Statement The problem is that I just don't understand how the algorithm described here in section 2 hangs together... I have to present this on Thursday morning and that sensation of 'I'll never understand this soon enough' is growing ominously. Homework Equations Equations 2,6,7...
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