Proceedings of the 109th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, 27-29 July, 1988
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1/Applications of Computers to Solving Problems. - Early Applications of Computer Technology to Dynamical Astronomy. - Applications of Computers to Celestial Mechanics. - Applications to Stellar and Galactic Dynamics. - Application of Computer in Qualitative Studies of Celestial Mechanics. - Leading Spiral Arms, Retrograde Galaxy Encounters and Massive Halos. - On Construction of Analytic Solutions to the Three Body Problem by Use of Computer Experiments. - The Use of Computer Algorithms in the Construction of a Theory of the Long-Period Perturbations of Saturn s Satellite Hyperion. - Some Numerical Aspects in a Search for I=1 Periodic Orbits for Hecuba Asteroids. - SHORDE I Program System and Applications. - A Semi-numerical Expansion of the Averaged Disturbing Function for Some Very-high-eccentricity Orbits. - Symbolic Algebra Software for Planetary Theories. - Tests of the Extrapolation Method for the Numerical Integration of the Keplerian Motion. - Application of a Massively Parallel Computer to the N-body Problem. - Hydrodynamical Models of Elliptical Galaxies. - A Multifluid Code for Problems of Elliptical Galaxy Formation and Evolution. - 3D Hydrodynamics and Radiative Transfer. - First-order and Second-order 3-D Hydrodynamics: A Comparison. - Chaotic Dynamics and Monte Carlo Modelling. - Software Tools for Nonlinear Dynamics. - Computer Algebra, Lie Transforms and the Nonlinear Stability of L4. - Solution of an Infinite Number of Inequations Depending on a Continuous Parameter and Application to the Solution of Equations in Dynamical Astronomy. - 2/Matching Problems with Technology. - Planet Crossing Asteroids and Parallel Computing: Project Spaceguard. - Implementation of an N-body Code in a HP1000 Computer. - Computer Applications to Lunar and Artificial Satellite Laser Ranging. -The Use of Image Processors for Acquisition and Reduction of Astrometric Data in Real Time. - Modeling of Asymmetric Light Curves of Eclipsing Binaries on the Cyber 205 Supercomputer. - Galaxies in the Connection Machine. - 3/New Methods of Mathematical Programming. - Specialized Celestial Mechanics Systems for Symbolic Manipulation. - On a Restricted (2n+3)-Body Problem. - The Simplex Method for Nonlinear Mass Determinations. - An Optimum Method for Calculating Restricted Three-Body Orbits. - The Constrained Normal Form Algorithm. - 4/Matching Computer Language to the Problem. - Simplify or Perish. - The Stability of the Lagrangian Point L4. - Computer Implementation of a New Approach to the Ideal Resonance Problem. - A Laboratory for Gravitational Scattering Experiments. - Problem Oriented Language for Ephemeris Astronomy and its Realisation in the System ERA. - 5/Use of Numerical Versus Algebraic Computation. - Numerical Integration Methods in Dynamical Astronomy. - A Survey of Poisson Series Processors. - A FORTRAN-based Poisson Series Processor and its Applications in Celestial Mechanics. - PARSEC: An Interactive Poisson Series Processor for Personal Computing Systems. - The Problem of the Eulerian Oscillations: A Weakness of Numerical Versus Analytical Methods. - A Semi-Analytical Method to Study Perturbed Rotational Motion. - Computational Studies of Cloudy Gaseous Galactic Disks. - 6/Representation and Transmission of Results. - Synthetic Secular Theories of the Planetary Orbits: Regular and Chaotic Behaviour. - Numerical Representation of Planetary Ephemerides. - Compressed Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides. - An Analytical Representation of Ephemeris Data. - Numerical Simulations of Narrow Planetary Rings: An Animation. - Electronic Almanacs Mating the Message and the Medium. - List of Participants. - Errata.
