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TY - JOUR
T1 - Chaotic behaviour in the newton iterative function associated with Kepler's equation
AU - Stumpf, L
AU - Kormos, Laura
PY - 1999/6
Y1 - 1999/6
N2 - The chaotic behaviour observed when Newton's method is used to solve Kepler's equation is analysed using methods borrowed from chaos theory. The result of the analysis is compared with previous results. A sufficient condition for convergence of a given iterative function is presented and yields ranges of eccentricity and mean anomaly such that Newton's method applied to Kepler's equation will converge from an initial guess of pi.
AB - The chaotic behaviour observed when Newton's method is used to solve Kepler's equation is analysed using methods borrowed from chaos theory. The result of the analysis is compared with previous results. A sufficient condition for convergence of a given iterative function is presented and yields ranges of eccentricity and mean anomaly such that Newton's method applied to Kepler's equation will converge from an initial guess of pi.
KW - Kepler's equation
KW - Schwarzian derivative
KW - Newton's method
U2 - 10.1023/A:1008339416143
DO - 10.1023/A:1008339416143
M3 - Journal article
VL - 74
SP - 95
EP - 109
JO - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
JF - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
SN - 0923-2958
IS - 2
ER -