Comment on "The incomplete beta function law for parallel tempering sampling of classical canonical systems" [J. Chem. Phys. 120, 4119 (2004)].
We explain the apparent discrepancy between the analysis of the indicated article and that of earlier work cited by it, and present an asymptotic formula that encompasses limiting behaviors described in both. (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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