“The algorithm is named after Hamiltonian dynamics, a model of physics that is used to construct the steps of the computation, and Monte Carlo, the town in Monaco that is associated with casinos and random algorithms more generally.”
A: Monte Carlo (which is spelled Monte-Carlo in French) is a district (quartier) of the City (and Principality) of Monaco, not a town from an administrative point.
Andrew: ETA on the new book? Looking forward to teaching it to our doctoral students sometime in the future.
A: Monte Carlo (which is spelled Monte-Carlo in French) is a district (quartier) of the City (and Principality) of Monaco, not a town from an administrative point.