Computational Physics

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Random Number Generation

   • Dietrich Stauffer

   Pages 1-8

3. A Few Exercises with Random Numbers

   • Peter Blaudeck

   Pages 9-9

4. Monte Carlo Simulations of Spin Systems

   • Wolfhard Janke

   Pages 10-43

5. Metastable Systems and Stochastic Optimization

   • Karl Heinz Hoffmann

   Pages 44-63

6. Modelling and Computer Simulation of Granular Media

   • Dietrich E. Wolf

   Pages 64-95

7. Algorithms for Biological Aging

   • Dietrich Stauffer

   Pages 96-101

8. Simulations of Chemical Reactions

   • Alexander Blumen, Igor Sokolov, Gerd Zumofen, Joseph Klafter

   Pages 102-120

9. Random Walks on Fractals

   • Armin Bunde, Julia Dräger, Markus Porto

   Pages 121-146

10. Multifractal Characteristics of Electronic Wave Functions in Disordered Systems

    • Michael Schreiber

    Pages 147-165

11. Transfer-Matrix Methods and Finite-Size Scaling for Disordered Systems

    • Bernhard Kramer, Michael Schreiber

    Pages 166-188

12. Quantum Monte Carlo Investigations for the Hubbard Model

    • Hans-Georg Matuttis, Ingo Morgenstern

    Pages 189-208

13. Quantum Dynamics in Nanoscale Devices

    • Hans De Raedt

    Pages 209-224

14. Quantum Chaos

    • Hans Jürgen Korsch, Henning Wiescher

    Pages 225-244

15. Numerical Simulation in Quantum Field Theory

    • Ulli Wolff

    Pages 245-257

16. Modeling and a Simulation Method for Molecular Systems

    • Dieter W. Heermann

    Pages 258-267

17. Constraints in Molecular Dynamics, Nonequilibrium Processes in Fluids via Computer Simulations

    • Siegfried Hess

    Pages 268-293

18. Molecular-Dynamic Simulations of Structure Formation in Complex Materials

    • Thomas Frauenheim, Dirk Porezag, Thomas Köhler, Frank Weich

    Pages 294-328

19. Finite Element Methods for the Stokes Equation

    • Jochen Reichenbach, Nuri Aksel

    Pages 329-340

20. Principles of Parallel Computers and Some Impacts on Their Programming Models

    • Wolfgang Rehm, Thomas Radke

    Pages 341-353

Computational Physics. Selected Methods, Simple Exercises, Serious Applications is an overview written by leading researchers of a variety of fields and developments. Selected Methods introduce the reader to current fields, including molecular dynamics, hybrid Monte-Carlo algorithms, and neural networks. Simple Exercises give hands-on advice for effective program solutions from a small number of lines to demonstration programs with elaborate graphics. Serious Applications show how questions concerning, for example, aging, many-minima optimisation, or phase transitions can be treated by appropriate tools. The source code and demonstration graphics are included on a 3.5" MS-DOS diskette.

• algorithms
• computational physics
• disordered system
• mechanics
• statistical mechanics

"...this book packs a lot of fun in a small space and remains readable throughout. It can be read from cover to cover, or just dipped into as the reader feels the need." Scientific Computing World

• Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau, Chemnitz, Germany

  Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Michael Schreiber

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