Computational Physics: Selected Methods Simple Exercises Serious ApplicationsAuthor: Professor Dr. Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Professor Dr. Michael Schreiber Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 978-3-642-85240-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-85238-1Table of Contents:Random Number Generation A Few Exercises with Random Numbers Monte Carlo Simulations of Spin Systems Metastable Systems and Stochastic Optimization Modelling and Computer Simulation of Granular Media Algorithms for Biological Aging Simulations of Chemical Reactions Random Walks on Fractals Multifractal Characteristics of Electronic Wave Functions in Disordered Systems Transfer-Matrix Methods and Finite-Size Scaling for Disordered Systems Quantum Monte Carlo Investigations for the Hubbard Model Quantum Dynamics in Nanoscale Devices Quantum Chaos Numerical Simulation in Quantum Field Theory Modeling and a Simulation Method for Molecular Systems Constraints in Molecular Dynamics, Nonequilibrium Processes in Fluids via Computer Simulations Molecular-Dynamic Simulations of Structure Formation in Complex Materials Finite Element Methods for the Stokes Equation Principles of Parallel Computers and Some Impacts on Their Programming Models Parallel Programming Styles: A Brief Overview, Includes bibliographical references and index, Random number generation / Dietrich Stauffer -- A few exercises with random numbers / Peter Blaudeck -- Monte Carlo simulations of spin systems / Wolfhard Janke -- Metastable systems and stochastic optimization / Karl Heinz Hoffmann -- Modelling and computer simulation of granular media / Dietrich E. Wolf -- Algorithms for biological aging / Dietrich Stauffer -- Simulations of chemical reactions / Alexander Blumen [and others] -- Random walks on fractals / Armin Bunde, Julia Dräger, and Markus Porto -- Multifractal characteristics of electronic wave functions in disordered systems / Michael Schreiber -- Transfer-matrix methods and finite-size scaling for disordered systems / Bernhard Kramer and Michael Schreiber -- Quantum Monte Carlo investigations for the Hubbard model / Hans-Georg Matuttis and Ingo Morgenstern -- Quantum dynamics in nanoscale devices / Hans De Raedt -- Quantum chaos / Hans Jürgen Korsch and Henning Wiescher -- Numerical simulation in quantum field theory / Ulli Wolff -- Modeling and a simulation method for molecular systems / Dieter W. Heermann -- Constraints in molecular dynamics, nonequilibrium processes in fluids via computer simulations / Siegfried Hess -- Molecular-dynamic simulations of structure formation in complex materials / Thomas Frauenheim [and others] -- Finite element methods for the Stokes equation / Jochen Reichenbach and Nuri Aksel -- Principles of parallel computers and some impacts on their programming models / Wolfgang Rehm and Thomas Radke -- Parallel programming styles : a brief overview / Andreas Munke, Jörg Werner, and Wolfgang Rehm, Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, "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. The diskette: Text folgt (Stand: 27.03.1996), Description based on print version record