Computational Physics
- Fermi, E.; Pasta, J.; Ulam, S. (1955) : Studies of Nonlinear Problems (accessed 25 Sep 2012). Los Alamos Laboratory Document LA-1940.
- The Fermi-Ulam-Pasta simulation was a stepping stone towards chaos theory and an important early demonstration of the ability of computers to deal with nonlinear (physics) problems.
- Metropolis, N.; Rosenbluth, A.W.; Rosenbluth, M.N.; Teller, A.H.; Teller, E. (1953): Equations of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines . Journal of Chemical Physics 21 (6): 1087–1092. Bibcode 1953JChPh..21.1087M. doi:10.1063/1.1699114. Online article: accessed 3 May 2012 .
- This paper introduced the Metropolis Monte Carlo algorithm with periodic boundary conditions and applies it to the numerical simulation of a fluid.
- S. Ulam, R. D. Richtmyer, and J. von Neumann(1947). Statistical methods in neutron diffusion; LANL Scientific Laboratory report LAMS–551. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- This paper records the first use of the Monte Carlo method, created at Los Alamos .
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