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4.2.4 Runge-Kutta Method for 2nd order ODE
Advantages of RK:
- Self-starting
- Adjustable time steps
But:
Repeated evaluation of the acceleration
in a single time step
Franz J. Vesely Oct 2005
See also: "Computational Physics - An Introduction," Kluwer-Plenum 2001