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Comments on PPPM, FMM, and the Ewald Method for Large Periodic Coulombic Systems

E. L. Pollock, Jim Glosli

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9511134

Abstract

The three most common methods, Ewald, fast multipole (FMM) and the particle-particle particle-mesh (PPPM), used to compute the interactions in many body Coulombic systems are compared for single and multi-processor machines. The Ewald method is recommended for systems of a few hundred particles per processor or less. For larger systems the PPPM method is suggested. The FMM is slower and more difficult to code efficiently.

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