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Vorticity, Statistical Mechanics, and Monte Carlo Simulation

Chian Lim and Joseph Nebus
Publisher: 
Springer Verlag
Publication Date: 
2007
Number of Pages: 
290
Format: 
Hardcover
Series: 
Springer Monographs in Mathematics
Price: 
89.95
ISBN: 
0387350756
Category: 
Monograph
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Introduction.- Probability.- Statistical Mechanics.- The Monte Carlo Approach.- Spectral Methods.- Discrete Models in Fluids.- Spin-Lattice Models.- Monte Carlo Simulations.- Polyhedra and Ground States.- Mesh Generation.- Statistical Mechanics for a Vortex Gas.- Two-layer Quasi-geostrophic Models.- Barotropic Vorticity Dynamics.- Mean Field Theory.