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Re:5 Steps to N-Body Simulation by markstock on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @03:20PM (#43976587)
It is a fudge if you really are trying to simulate true point masses. Mathematically, it's solving for the force between fuzzy blobs of mass.
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Re:5 Steps to N-Body Simulation by mkoubaa on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @04:01PM (#43977064)
You are never simulating pure anything. All computational models are wrong. Some are useful
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