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mikkola

Introduction

This is an implementation of Mikkola's method to solve the Kepler equation. (Ref: Mikkola, 1987)

This package defines two functions:

  1. double MIKKOLA(double l, double e) --- Solves the Elliptic Kepler equation.

  2. double MIKKOLAh(double l, double e) --- Solves the Hyperbolic Kepler equation.

Requirements

  • g++
  • python
  • swig3.0
  • python-dev and python3-dev
  • The python example requires numpy and matplotlib.

Building

  • To build the python interface, type

make python_interface

Note that the by default this creates a wrapper for Python3. To make a wrapper for Python2, change the PYTHONI variable in the Makefile to the location of Python.h in your Python2 installation.

  • To build the C++ example programs, type

make tests

Python interface

Please see example.py for usage.

Troubleshooting

  • If "make python_interface" fails complaining about missing Python.h, make sure that the PYTHONI variable in Makefile points to the location of Python.h. Also, ensure that the packages "python-dev" and "python3-dev" are installed.