1999/08/22 by Koo-Chul Lee, Lee, Koo-Chul
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Physics Education (physics.ed-ph) #Statistics Education and Methodologies #physics.comp-ph #physics.ed-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9908046
1 tex file, 6 gif figures. You can visit http://phys.snu.ac.kr/StatPhys/frame-e.htm and view or get the complete paper in pdf format or run the simulation applets and create figures in this paper yourselves
openalex publication_date 1999/08/22 · arxiv created 1999/08/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We report several simulation programs which can be used to teach the statistical foundation of thermal physics in the introductory college physics courses. These programs are simple applications of a technique of generating random configurations of many dice with fixed total value. By simulating dice throwing only we can demonstrate all the important principles of classical thermodynamics.