A computational approach to Chandrasekhar's planetary problem

Richard Ernest Bellman, Harriett H. Natsuyama, Robert E. Kalaba, Sueo Ueno

ResearchPublished 1966

A reformulation, using an initial-value approach, of Chandrasekhar's planetary problem concerning the diffuse reflection of radiation from a finite atmosphere with a reflecting surface at the bottom. Both the direct problem and the inverse planetary problem are treated. A FORTRAN program for both problems is presented in the appendix. 28 pp. Bibliog.

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Bellman, Richard Ernest, Harriett H. Natsuyama, Robert E. Kalaba, and Sueo Ueno, A computational approach to Chandrasekhar's planetary problem. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1966. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4991.html.
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