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Monte Carlo Quasi-Heatbath by approximate inversion

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

When sampling the distribution P(phi) ~ exp(-|A phi|^2), a global heatbath normally proceeds by solving the linear system A phi = eta, where eta is a normal Gaussian vector, exactly. This paper shows how to preserve the distribution P(phi) while solving the linear system with arbitrarily low accuracy. Generalizations are presented.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9811025,
  title  = {Monte Carlo Quasi-Heatbath by approximate inversion},
  author = {Ph. de Forcrand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9811025},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, 1 figure; typos corrected, reference added; version to appear in Phys. Rev. E

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