Newton-II is a program for solving mechanical equations of motion numerically. The equations can be parameterized for interactive investi-gations of the movements and the according solutions are displayed immediately in a diagram.

The differential equations (DEQs) are programmed to calculate the time dependence of the velocitiy v(t) of a point of mass from the given acceleration a. Then the location s(t) is calculated from v(t).

The acceleration a can be entered directly or with any desired mathemati-cal term (i.e. a = F/m from Newton's law). For solving the DEQs several solution methods up to a very sturdy adaptive Runge-Kutta-Method of 4th order can be used. The output of the results are given graphically in a diagram and as a table for further utilisation.

Special qualities of Newton-II

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