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Monte Carlo renormalization group calculation for the d=3 Ising Model using a modified transformation
D. Ron, A. Brandt, R. H. Swendsen
We present a simple approach to high-accuracy calculations of critical properties for the three-dimensional Ising model, without prior knowledge of the critical temperature. The it…
The surprising convergence of the Monte Carlo renormalization group for the d=3 Ising Model
Dorit Ron, Achi Brandt, Robert H. Swendsen
We present a surprisingly simple approach to high-accuracy calculations of critical properties of the three-dimensional Ising model. The method uses a modified block-spin transform…
Detecting Multi-Spin Interactions in the Inverse Ising Problem
Joseph Albert, Robert H. Swendsen
While the usual goal in Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of Ising models is the efficient generation of spin configurations with Boltzmann probabilities, the inverse problem is to dete…
Resolving the debate about proposed expressions for the classical entropy
Robert H. Swendsen
Despite well over a century of effort, the proper expression for the classical entropy in statistical mechanics remains a subject of debate. The Boltzmann entropy (calculated from…
Finite thermal reservoirs and the canonical distribution
William Griffin, Michael Matty, Robert H. Swendsen
The microcanonical ensemble has long been a starting point for the development of thermodynamics from statistical mechanics. However, this approach presents two problems. First, it…
The definition of the thermodynamic entropy in statistical mechanics
Robert H. Swendsen
A definition of the thermodynamic entropy based on the time-dependent probability distribution of the macroscopic variables is developed. When a constraint in a composite system is…