README

Boost.MPI Parallel N-Body Simulator
Copyright (C) 2012 Gareth Ferneyhough

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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A sequential (no MPI) and parallel (Boost.MPI) version are included. 
Additionally, a file containing 25 bodies in the solar system are included
in order to set up initial conditions for a solar system simulation. A Matlab 
plotting program is provided for visualization. Both the plotter, and the 
solar system data were obtained from: 

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26114-solar-system-model-planetary-n-body-modelling

Note that the original author retains copyright on the Matlab visualization script.