TY - JOUR T1 - Backward Error Analysis of Symplectic Integrators for Linear Separable Hamiltonian Systems AU - Görtz , Peter JO - Journal of Computational Mathematics VL - 5 SP - 449 EP - 460 PY - 2002 DA - 2002/10 SN - 20 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jcm/8931.html KW - Hamiltonian systems, Backward error analysis, Symplectic integrators. AB -

Symplecticness, stability, and asymptotic properties of Runge-Kutta, partitioned Runge-Kutta, and Runge-Kutta-Nyström methods applied to the simple Hamiltonian system $\dot{p}= -vq, \dot{q}= kp$ are studied. Some new results in connection with P-stability are presented. The main part is focused on backward error analysis. The numerical solution produced by a symplectic method with an appropriate stepsize is the exact solution of a perturbed Hamiltonian system at discrete points. This system is studied in detail and new results are derived. Numerical examples are presented.