HUBBARD, J.

Calculation of Partition Functions.

(New York), American physical Society, 1959. Lex8vo. Volume 3, No. 2, July 15, 1959 of "Physical Review Letters", In the original printed blue wrappers. Minor soiling to top left corner of front wrapper, otherwise a very nice and clean copy externally as well as internally. Pp. 77-78. [Entire issue: Pp. 77-123].

First printing of Hubbard's exceedingly influential paper.
"This very mathematical Letter has had a significant impact in all areas of physics and chemistry. The formalism enables the calculation of the thermodynamic properties of quantum-mechanical systems in condensed matter and in quark matter. Hubbard outlines a rederivation of results for the correlation energy of an electron gas, of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory of superconductivity, and of correlations in nuclear matter. The mathematical techniques have also made possible numerical Monte Carlo calculations of the properties of quantum-mechanical systems". (From Physical Review Letters: 50th Anniversary Milestone Papers).

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