An Introduction to Thermal Physics · Problem 8.16

Systems of Interacting Particles — Daniel Schroeder

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · ising-model-partition-function-computation

Problem

Consider an Ising model of 100 elementary dipoles. Suppose you wish to calculate the partition function for this system, using a computer that can compute one billion terms of the partition function per second. How long must you wait for the answer?

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