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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. To help students in their work a special web server has been installed to host programs and discussion groups (http://wwwcp. tphys. uni-heidelberg. de). Prof. Binder was the winner of the Berni J. Alder CECAM Award for Computational Physics 2001.
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Monte Carlo simulation in statistical physics, Kurt Binder
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Monte Carlo simulation in statistical physics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kurt Binder
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publisher
- 2002
- ISBN10
- 3540432213
- ISBN13
- 9783540432210
- Category
- Physics
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- 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. To help students in their work a special web server has been installed to host programs and discussion groups (http://wwwcp. tphys. uni-heidelberg. de). Prof. Binder was the winner of the Berni J. Alder CECAM Award for Computational Physics 2001.