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By means of the Monte Carlo sampling technique the equilibrium thermodynamics of fluids and magnets can be calculated numerically. We show that the questions of convergence and accuracy of this method can be understood in terms of the dynamics of the appropriate stochastic model. Also, we discuss to what extent various choices of transition probabilities lead to different dynamic properties of the system. As examples of applications, we consider Ising and Heisenberg spin systems. The numerical results about the dynamic correlation functions are compared to simple approximations taken from the theory of the kinetic Ising model.
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Müller-Krumbhaar, H., Binder, K. Dynamic properties of the Monte Carlo method in statistical mechanics. J Stat Phys 8, 1–24 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01008440
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