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Path-integral Monte Carlo
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Quantum statistical mechanics by Monte Carlo: Feynman's imaginary-time
path integral as a classical ring polymer.


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Feynman&#x27;s path integral in imaginary time turns the partition function of one quantum particle into that of a classical closed chain of P beads joined by springs (Barker 1979; Chandler and Wolynes 1981). In units \hbar = m = k_B = 1, with \tau = \beta / P,">

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