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Molecular-Dynamic Simulations of Many-Particle Systems: New Faces on Old Problems

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There used to be two realities in the world of physics: Experiment and Theory. Now there are three, and the third one is The Computer. In the community of physicists outside of the computer-simulation enclave, there is a good deal of skepticism about computer simulations of many-particle systems. This skepticism is certainly justified at the present time. Nevertheless, in my opinion, computer simulation will affect the progress of physics in a profound way. The many-body problems that we worked on for decades will finally yield to computer simulation. This does not mean that many-body problems will suddenly become simple; the complications of these problems will appear in a new form. The question will be, how are computer simulations to be interpreted in terms of the mathematically posed problem, or in terms of physical reality. A computer-generated many-particle process contains an enormous amount of information, and the challenge will be to extract the information we want, leaving computer artifacts behind. In other words, the computer may have the answer, but we will have to figure out the question.

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Wallace, D.C. (1985). Molecular-Dynamic Simulations of Many-Particle Systems: New Faces on Old Problems. In: Devreese, J.T., Van Camp, P. (eds) Electronic Structure, Dynamics, and Quantum Structural Properties of Condensed Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0899-8_12

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