nbodypy 0.2

Package for N-body problem, and RC3BP

N-Body Python Class

Authors:

• Jacques Féjoz: [e-mail]
• Maxime Chupin: [e-mail]

Purpose

We are in development, and this is the beginning of the project! It is a beta version of the module.

The package provides tools for studying the N-body problem. It provides a sub package concerning the Restricted Circular Three Body Problem, with the computation of periodic orbit around Libration points and associated invariant manifolds.

Installation

pip

PYTHONPATH

PYTHONPATH sets the search path for importing python modules. So, a reasonable way to use nbodypy is to install it using the PYTHONPATH mechanism.

Suppose that we have a directory in which we want to put all the local python package or modules: /home/LOGIN/the/path.

You can export this directory to the environment variable PYTHONPATH (in your .bashrc for example) :

export PYTHONPATH=/home/LOGIN/the/path:$PYTHONPATH

Add the nbodypy directory

After doing that, you just have to add the nbodypy directory of the git repository (containing the python files) in the python directory:

/home/LOGIN/the/path/nbodypy

Documentation

You can find a (partial) documentation at :

https://www.ceremade.dauphine.fr/~chupin/nbodypydoc/

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.