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Werner Krauth

(Laboratoire de physique statistique, École Normale Supérieure, Paris)

Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations

(Les Houches Lectures, July 2008)

01-Jul-2008: Classical physics (sampling, convergence)

• Lecture 1 (pdf)

• Examples/Illustrations (first series)

• Examples/Illustrations (second series)

02-Jul-2008: Quantum physics I (density matrix, path integral)

• Lecture 2 (pdf)

• Examples/Illustrations (third series) (pdf)

03-Jul-2008: Quantum physics II (Indistinguishable particles, bosons, Bose-Einstein condensation, superfluidity)

• Lecture 3 (pdf)

• Examples/Illustrations (fourth series) (pdf)

14-Jul-2008: From the analytic solution of the Ising model to efficient sampling algorithms (... the unity of physics)

• Lecture 4. (pdf)

• Examples/Illustrations (fifth series) (pdf)