What does it say about me that I'm still amused by the footnotes in my dissertation intro? I'm probably the only person who thinks they're funny, but at least I can keep myself entertained :)
Dr. Alysa Orbits (Obertas)
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Queer & disabled astronomer formerly at UofT & CITA. Dynamics, planets, & ballet. Posts reflect opinions of Sailor Galaxia, not my employer. She/her 👩🔬💃
![Rather than outline the methodology of the original Wisdom-Holman scheme^[41] (I refer readers to Wisdom and Holman, 1991), I outline the approach taken by WHFast (i.e. the one used in this dissertation’s projects).
WHFast
Wisdom-Holman 2: electric boogaloo (or how to make a computer go beep boop and do the thing harder, better, faster, stronger)
1.4.2 SPOCK: a Machine Learning Tool to Predict Stability
SPOCK predicts the probability that a multi-planet system is stable within 10^9 orbits and is (nominally) up to 10^5 times faster^[42] than integrating the system for the same duration. SPOCK uses
footnote 41: It is approximately as old as me.
footnote 42: In practice, computational overhead when running scripts means that SPOCK is typically ∼ 10^4 times faster. This depends on several factors, however.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yttyryowvcs2rbeddvjudiv/bafkreih66em75amhtd6rptxwbiggsboxcd2mwdrv6f7zw5rlckmwr4aqdm)
