Book – Chapter 10
Statistical Mechanics: The Gentlest Possible Introduction
This chapter covers the the three essential statistical mechanics concepts that you need to know in order to understand energy-based neural networks:
- Microstates,
- The partition function, and
- Free energy.
Chapter Draft:
- Chapter 10: Statistical Mechanics: Microstates and the Partition Function. Cite as: Maren, A. J. (2020). Chapter 10: Statistical Mechanics: Microstates and the Partition Function, in Statistical Mechanics, Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence (in preparation).
Slidedecks:
- Chapter 10, Slidedeck 1: Microstates and Partition Functions: Some Simple Examples. Cite as: Maren, A. J. (2017). Microstates and Partition Functions: Some Simple Examples (slidedeck); Accompaniment to Chapter 10: Statistical Mechanics: Microstates and the Partition Function, in Statistical Mechanics, Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence (in preparation).
- Chapter 10, Slidedeck 2: Microstates – the Mathematics. Cite as: Maren, A. J. (2017). Microstates – the Mathematics (slidedeck); Accompaniment to Chapter 10: Statistical Mechanics: Microstates and the Partition Function, in Statistical Mechanics, Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence (in preparation).
- Chapter 10, Slidedeck 3: Microstates to Partition Functions. Cite as: Maren, A. J. (2017). Microstates to Partition Functions (slidedeck); Accompaniment to Chapter 10: Statistical Mechanics: Microstates and the Partition Function, in Statistical Mechanics, Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence (in preparation).
