A method solving kepler's equation without transcendental function evaluations |
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Authors: | Toshio Fukushima |
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Institution: | (1) National Astronomical Observatory, 2-21-1, 181 Ohsawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | We developed two approximations of the Newton-Raphson method. The one is a sort of discretization, namely to search an approximate solution on pre-specified grid points. The other is a Taylor series expansion. A combination of these was applied to solving Kepler's equation for the elliptic case. The resulting method requires no evaluation of transcendental functions. Numerical measurements showed that, in the case of Intel Pentium processor, the new method is three times as fast as the original Newton-Raphson method. Also it is more than 2.5 times as fast as Halley's method, Nijenhuis's method, and others. |
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Keywords: | Kepler's equation Newton-Raphson method orbital motion |
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