In this paper, we present a numerical method for solving nonlinear differential algebraic equations (DAE’s) based on the backward differential formulas (BDF) and the Pade series. Usefulness of the method is then illustrated by a numerical example, which is concerned with the derivation of the optimal guidance law for spacecraft. This kind of problems is called trajectory-prescribed path control...

Original scientific paper Finite difference procedures for flux determination are not well suited for application to field results obtained from finite element calculations. A novel method for flux calculation has been derived. This method is based on the weak formulation and is suitable for use with finite elements. A matrix formulation for local and global application to finite element formul...

We develop novel methods to compute auto-correlation functions, or power spectral densities, for chaotic dynamical systems generated by an inverse method whose starting point is an invariant distribution and a two-form. In general, the inverse method makes some aspects of chaotic dynamics calculable by methods familiar in quantum field theory. This approach has the numerical advantage of being ...

We study the applicability of Pade Approximants (PA) to estimate a ”sum” of asymptotic series of the type appearing in QCD. We indicate that one should not expect PA to converge for positive values of the coupling constant and propose to use PA for the Borel transform of the series. If the latter has poles on the positive semiaxis, the Borel integral does not exist, but we point out that the Ca...