Computational Statistical Physics - 9789380250151

Computational Statistical PhysicsLecture Notes, Guwahati SERC School\nAuthor(s): Sitangshu Bikas Santra, Purusattam Ray\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Hindustan Book Agency, India\nImprint: Hindustan Book Agency\nISBN-13: 9789380250151, 978-9380250151\nSynopsis\nThe present book is an outcome of the SERC school on Computational Statistical Physics held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, in December 2008.\n\n Numerical experimentation has played an extremely important role in statistical physics in recent years. Lectures given at the School covered a large number of topics of current and continuing interest.\n\n Based on lectures by active researchers in the field- Bikas Chakrabarti, S Chaplot, Deepak Dhar, Sanjay Kumar, Prabal Maiti, Sanjay Puri, Purusattam Ray, Sitangshu Santra and Subir Sarkar- the nine chapters comprising the book deal with topics that range from the fundamentals of the field, to problems and questions that are at the very forefront of current resear.