Setting
The semi-implicit Euler method can be applied to a pair of differential equations of the form
where f and g are given functions. Here, x and v may be either scalars or vectors. The equations of motion in Hamiltonian mechanics take this form if the Hamiltonian is of the form
The differential equations are to be solved with the initial condition
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