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The Monte Carlo Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Hénon*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Nice

Abstract

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We give here a detailed technical description of a Monte Carlo scheme for the dynamical evolution of spherical stellar systems. The philosophy of the method, as well as a few illustrative results, are given elsewhere (Hénon, 1971, hereafter called I).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971

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