On the Swendsen-Wang dynamics. I: Exponential convergence to equilibrium

DOI10.1007/BF01020862zbMath0739.60097MaRDI QIDQ1182239

Enzo Olivieri, Elisabetta Scoppola, Fabio Martinelli

Publication date: 28 June 1992

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Ising modeltunnelingconvergence to equilibriumMonte Carlo algorithmsmetastable phase

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Random number generation in numerical analysis (65C10)

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