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Monte Carlo simulation in statistical physics: an introduction

By Kurt Binder , Dieter W. Heermann

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2002
ISBN
9783540432210, 3540432213
LCC
QC174.85.M64 B56 2002
Open Library ID
OL3775926M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (8920219 bytes)
Edition
4th, ed.
Pages
99\99
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics deals with the computer simulation of many-body systems in condensed-matter physics and related fields of physics, chemistry and beyond, to traffic flows, stock market fluctuations, etc.). Using random numbers generated by a computer, probability distributions are calculated, allowing the estimation of the thermodynamic properties of various systems. This book describes the theoretical background to several variants of these Monte Carlo methods and gives a systematic presentation from which newcomers can learn to perform such simulations and to analyze their results. This fourth edition has been updated and a new chapter on Monte Carlo simulation of quantum-mechanical problems has been added.Prof. Binder was the winner of the Berni J. Alder CECAM Award for Computational Physics 2001.

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