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Convergence of Monte Carlo Simulations to Equilibrium

Onuttom Narayan, A. P. Young

Published 2000-08-02, updated 2001-08-15Version 2

We give two direct, elementary proofs that a Monte Carlo simulation converges to equilibrium provided that appropriate conditions are satisfied. The first proof requires detailed balance while the second is quite general.

Comments: 4 pages. v2: published version
Journal: Phys. Rev. E 64, 021104 (2001)
Categories: cond-mat.stat-mech
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