Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics: An Introduction, 4th edition
Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics: An Introduction, 4th edition
English | 2010 | ISBN: 3642077463 | 180 pages | PDF | 12.3 MB
English | 2010 | ISBN: 3642077463 | 180 pages | PDF | 12.3 MB
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.