This book provides practical demonstrations of how to carry out definite integrals with Monte Carlo methods using Mathematica and using random variates sampled by the inverse transform method. The author covers the acceptance-rejection method using uniform, linear, Gaussian, and exponential probability distribution functions. This book also contains a chapter applying the Variational Quantum Monte Carlo method to a simple harmonic oscillator. These topics are all essential for students of mathematics and physics. The author includes thorough background on each topic covered within the book in order to help readers understand the subject. The book also contains many examples to show how the information can be applied.

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Sujaul Chowdhury, Ph.D., is a Professor in Department of Physics at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. He also received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, before earning his Ph.D. at The University of Glasgow. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Chowdhury was a Humboldt Research Fellow for one year at The Max Planck Institute. He is the author of many books, including Monte Carlo Methods: A Hands-On Computational Introduction Utilizing Excel, which is also in the Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics series published by SpringerNature. His research interests include nanoelectronics, magnetotransport in semiconductor nanostructures, and nanostructure physics.