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Department of Physics
Departmental Colloquium: Konopinski
Lecture Series
March 3, 2004
4:00 pm in Swain West 119
Tea at 3:30 pm in SW113
Speaker: Dr. Jan Tobochnik, Kalamazoo College
Title: Using computer simulations to understand concepts
in statistical physics
Abstract:
The discussion of computer simulation algorithms and models is useful for helping students understand
concepts in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and many topics in the study of complex systems. I will
discuss the "Demon algorithm" as a means for understanding temperature and chemical potential, simulations
of granular matter as a means for learning about internal energy, and models of networks and percolation as
a way of understanding the importance of power laws in complex systems.
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