Introduction to the course and start Variational Monte Carlo
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Overview of first week January 19-23, 2026
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Teaching team
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Lectures and ComputerLab
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Quantum Monte Carlo Motivation
Quantum Monte Carlo Motivation
Quantum Monte Carlo Motivation
Various many-body methods
Pros and Cons of Monte Carlo
More on Pros and Cons of Monte Carlo
Where and why do we use Monte Carlo Methods in Quantum Physics
Quantum Monte Carlo Motivation
Quantum Monte Carlo Motivation
Quantum Monte Carlo Motivation
Quantum Monte Carlo Motivation
Quantum Monte Carlo, ingredients and basic steps
Quantum Monte Carlo, basic steps, the probability distribution function (PDF)
Quantum Monte Carlo ingredients, the local energy
Quantum Monte Carlo algorithm
Quantum Monte Carlo: hydrogen atom
Introducing the variational parameters
Quantum Monte Carlo: results for the hydrogen atom
Quantum Monte Carlo: interpreting the hydrogen atom results
"Quantum Monte Carlo for bosons":"https://github.com/mortele/variational-monte-carlo-fys4411"
"Quantum Monte Carlo for bosons":"https://github.com/mortele/variational-monte-carlo-fys4411"
"Quantum Monte Carlo for bosons":"https://github.com/mortele/variational-monte-carlo-fys4411"
"Quantum Monte Carlo for bosons":"https://github.com/mortele/variational-monte-carlo-fys4411"
Simple example, the hydrogen atom
Second example, the harmonic oscillator in one dimension
Teaching team
Morten Hjorth-Jensen, mhjensen@uio.no, office FØ470
Aleksander Nistad Sekkelsten, aleksns@student.matnat.uio.no, office FØ455
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