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Coin Flip Equilibrium
written by Todd Timberlake
The EJS Coin Flip Equilibrium model simulates a a simple system of N coins arranged in ordered rows. The coins all begin heads up. At each step of the simulation one or more coins are chosen at random and flipped over.   Separate windows show the set of coins, a plot of the number of heads/tails after each step, the entropy of the system after each step, and a histogram of the occurrences of a given number of heads.  The user can  change the number of coins and the number of coins flipped at each step of the simulation. A user can modify this simulation if EJS is installed locally by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.

EJS Coin Flip Equilibrium model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.   Double clicking the ejs_CoinFlip.jar file will run the program if  Java is installed.  EJS is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.  Additional EJS models are available.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for  Open Source Physics, OSP, or EJS.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Thermo & Stat Mech
- Kinetic and Diffusive Processes
= Approach to Equilibrium
- Second and Third Law
= Entropy
- Statistical Physics
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- General Publics
- application/java
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Free access
License:
This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 2 license.
Rights Holder:
Todd Timberlake
Keywords:
EJS, Easy Java Simulations, OSP, Open Source Physics, entropy, equilibrium, statistical mechanics
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created June 15, 2010 by Todd Timberlake
Record Updated:
June 3, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
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June 14, 2010
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T. Timberlake, Computer Program COIN FLIP EQUILIBRIUM (2010), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10090&DocID=1700).
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T. Timberlake, Computer Program COIN FLIP EQUILIBRIUM (2010), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10090&DocID=1700>.
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Timberlake, T. (2010). Coin Flip Equilibrium [Computer software]. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10090&DocID=1700
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Timberlake, Todd. "Coin Flip Equilibrium." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10090&DocID=1700 (accessed 7 November 2024).
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Timberlake, Todd. Coin Flip Equilibrium. Computer software. 2010. Java (JRE) 1.5. 7 Nov. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10090&DocID=1700>.
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Coin Flip Equilibrium:

Is Based On Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool

The Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool is needed to explore the computational model used in the Coin Flip Equilibrium.

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