Ehrenfests' Fleas

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Relevant courses Physics 112: Introduction to Statistical and Thermal Physics
Keywords monte carlo, entropy, markov chain, mcmc, diffusion, gas, ehrenfest
Student levels Undergrads, Advanced undergrads
Learning objectives study a Markov chain and analyse its properties,
verify the analysed behaviour by comparing to Monte Carlo simulations,
observe the emergence of a second law of thermodynamics,
determine whether the Markov chain is reversible and simulate it backwards in time

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1 Physics 112: Introduction to Statistical and Thermal Physics Fall 2020 Avirukt Mittal, Dung-Hai LEE, Katherine Zhou 7
2 Physics 112: Introduction to Statistical and Thermal Physics Spring 2021 Avirukt Mittal, Dung-Hai LEE 9

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