APPPHYS 214 - Randomness in the Physical World

Institution:

Stanford University

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Description:

(Same as STATS 214.) Topics include: random numbers, and their generation and application; disordered systems, quenching, and annealing; percolation and fractal structures; universality, the renormalization group, and limit theorems; path integrals, partition functions, and Wiener measure; random matrices; and optical estimation. Prerequisite: introductory course in statistical mechanics or analysis. 3 units, Spr (Diaconis, P; Fisher, D; Holmes, S), alternate years, not given next year

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stanford.edu/

Phone Number:

(650) 723-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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