Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Mechanics: Foundations and New Algorithms
@inproceedings{Sokal1997MonteCM,
title={Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Mechanics: Foundations and New Algorithms},
author={Alan D. Sokal},
year={1997}
}These notes are an updated version of lectures given at the Cours de Troisieme Cycle de la Physique en Suisse Romande (Lausanne, Switzerland) in June 1989. We thank the Troisieme Cycle de la Physique en Suisse Romande and Professor Michel Droz for kindly giving permission to reprint these notes.
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