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003			ISI Library, Kolkata
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008			150615s2015 enka b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781107074026 (hardback)
040			_aISI Library _beng
082	0	4	_a530.13 _223 _bL253
100	1		_aLandau, David P.
245	1	0	_aGuide to Monte Carlo simulations in statistical physics / _cDavid P. Landau and Kurt Binder.
250			_a4th ed
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_axvii, 519 p. : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Introduction -- 2. Some necessary background -- 3. Simple sampling Monte Carlo methods -- 4. Importance sampling Monte Carlo methods -- 5. More on importance sampling Monte Carlo methods for lattice systems -- 6. Off-lattice models -- 7. Reweighting methods -- 8. Quantum Monte Carlo methods -- 9. Monte Carlo renormalization group methods -- 10. Non-equilibrium and irreversible processes -- 11. Lattice gauge models: a brief introduction -- 12. A brief review of other methods of computer simulation -- 13. Monte Carlo simulations at the periphery of physics and beyond -- 14. Monte Carlo studies of biological molecules -- 15. Outlook -- Appendix: Listing of programs mentioned in the text -- Index.
520			_aThis revised fourth edition provides an introduction to computer simulations in physics, cutting-edge algorithms, essential techniques, and petascale computing.
650		0	_aMonte Carlo method.
650		0	_aStatistical physics.
700	1		_aBinder, Kurt, _eauthor
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