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Method for simulating discontinuous physical systems

  • US 6,243,663 B1
  • Filed: 04/30/1998
  • Issued: 06/05/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for simulating on a computer the physical behavior of a physical system, comprising the steps of:

  • a) generating a description of the physical system and the physical laws controlling the physical properties of the physical system in terms of a well-posed problem in generalized function theory for the behavior of a set of system variables and a set of system parameters;

    b) converting the well-posed problem into a hyperreal well-posed problem by steps comprising extending system variables and system parameters into the hyperreal number system;

    c) discretizing the hyperreal well-posed problem by steps comprising replacing infinitesimal and hyperreal infinite system variables and parameters with small and large real numbers, respectively; and

    , d) approximating the physical behavior of the physical system by steps comprising creating a software implementation of the discretized hyperreal well-posed problem, mounting said software implementation on a suitable electronic computer, and operating said computer so as to perform said approximation.

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