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Comparison of different boundary conditions for Monte Carlo simulations of Ising models

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The effects of various boundary conditions on the Monte Carlo method have been studied through an analysis of the two-dimensional Ising model using a 30×30 system. The following boundary conditions were used: mean field, free edges, periodic, and correlated. The results confirm the reliablility of periodic boundary conditions but the correlated boundary conditions are comparable and in some instances yield results (the critical temperature, for example) that are in better agreement with the exact values.

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  1. Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, 02215, Boston, Massachusetts

    Naeem Jan

  2. Theoretical Physics Institute, Saint Francis Xavier University, B2G1CO, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

    Naeem Jan & M. O. Steinitz

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Jan, N., Steinitz, M.O. Comparison of different boundary conditions for Monte Carlo simulations of Ising models. J Stat Phys 30, 37–44 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01010867

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