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Classical Statistical Mechanics with Nested Sampling

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This chapter introduces Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and describes its normal use in sampling the canonical distribution.

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  1. Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Robert John Nicholas Baldock

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Baldock, R.J.N. (2017). Introduction. In: Classical Statistical Mechanics with Nested Sampling. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66769-0_11

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