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The Metropolis Algorithm and Detailed Balance

Nothing hinders us obviously in choosing another acceptance ratio, like a weighting of the two energies via \begin{equation*} A(j\rightarrow i)=\exp{(-\frac{1}{2}\beta(E_i-E_j))}. \end{equation*} However, it is easy to see that such an acceptance ratio would result in fewer accepted moves.