Numerical Modeling:

• The Data
  • by hand, by MBL, by VideoPoint, ...
• The Physics
  • basic law: a = F/m
  • model: a = a(x,v,t)
  • ODE: d²x/dt² = a(x,v,t)
• The Math
  • numerical integration of the ODE
    • Euler, Leapfrog, RK2, ...
• With visual comparison as before