Local Level Lab

Airborne measurements. Open methods.

Bound the actual midpoint local step

The completed component study covers reciprocal calibration, rotations and fixed-time body preintegration. Continue with the actual local step in ilvis0_native.c and ilvis0_tangent.cpp, without changing either frozen kernel. No observed-data prediction starts follow from the component pass.

Local dynamics

For skew matrix S(a), the native velocity update uses B(a) = (I + S(a))^-1 and T(a) = B(a)*(I - S(a)) = 2*B(a)-I. B has operator norm at most one; T is orthogonal. The resolvent identity gives global first-derivative/Taylor constants of 1/1 for B and 2/2 for T. Include vector-product remainders, rather than treating these factors as fixed.

The midpoint force rotation is Exp(-win*dt/2) * attitude * Exp(theta/2) * dv, while final attitude uses full rotations. Propagate both rotation products with their orthogonality intact. The local velocity update combines T(a)*v with B(a)*(force + gravity*dt).

Preserve the native processing distinction:

Removal changes the logged-rate interpretation, not the physical Coriolis term. The conventional standard vector is the same for every candidate, including the stationary disc. Do not replace it with a candidate-specific field.

Qualification and remaining closure

Start with independent linear algebra/exponential references and supplied global vector/matrix input bounds. Test large attitude changes, joint force/ rate uncertainty, both hemispheres, all three candidate field assignments, zero/profiled removal and nearly zero rates. Check every nominal value and directional derivative before qualifying a separately frozen finite matrix.

Then construct global geographic-rate/context bounds from a supported state region and propagate the predictor/corrector step as actually coded. Domain crossings must be unsupported, not clipped. Receiver-time uncertainty across packet boundaries and long-record floating-point effects remain separate.

These are prerequisites to a complete native global bound. Local software success cannot itself calibrate the receiver error family or authorize a new observed prediction study.

Completed components · Training-only interface · Roadmap.