Monte Carlo simulations: Hidden errors from ''good'' random number generators

Ferrenberg, Alan M.; Landau, D.P.; Wong, Y.Joanna

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3382

Monte Carlo simulations: Hidden errors from ''good'' random number generators

Dec 7, 1992

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Phys.Rev.Lett. 69 (1992) 3382-3384

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3382

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The Wolff algorithm is now accepted as the best cluster-flipping Monte Carlo algorithm for beating ‘‘critical slowing down.’’ We show how this method can yield incorrect answers due to subtle correlations in ‘‘high quality’’ random number generators.

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