velocity_verlet


velocity_verlet, a Python code which uses a version of the velocity Verlet method to solve a second order ordinary differential equation (ODE) of the form y''=f(t,y).

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

velocity_verlet is available in a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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Last revised on 30 May 2022.