[ODE] Large mass and accuracy

[Bob Dowland]

OOps yet another way to get outlook to send...

> > The key word here is ratios. 
> 
> As far as I understand it, there is a SEPARATE numerical problem

What we need is gamma corrected physics ;) and another good phrase is "characteristic length/time/velocity scales".



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Watte [mailto:hplus-ode at mindcontrol.org]
> Sent: 16 June 2004 00:35
> To: Billy Zelsnack; ode at q12.org
> Subject: RE: [ODE] Large mass and accuracy
> 
> 
> 
> > The key word here is ratios. 
> 
> As far as I understand it, there is a SEPARATE numerical problem, 
> even if the ratio is small, when the values themselves are far away 
> from 1.0, because you also work with inverse values, and you start 
> chewing up your available bits of relative precision pretty quickly.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 			/ h+
> 
> 
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