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Using recently developed histogram techniques and an ultrafast multispin coding simulation algorithm, we have investigated the critical behavior of the d=3 simple-cubic Ising model. We have studied lattice sizes ranging from L=8 to 96 using between 310^6 and 1210^6 Monte Carlo steps (complete lattice updates). By accurately measuring the finite-size behavior of several different thermodynamic quantities, we are able to determine the critical properties with a precision comparable to that obtained with Monte Carlo renormalization-group and sophisticated series-expansion techniques. The best estimate of the inverse critical temperature from our analysis is K₂=0. 221 659 50. 000 002 6. The advantages of the histogram technique are discussed, as are the potential problems that can arise at this level of resolution.
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