Stochastic Neutronics Primer (Volume I)
The purpose of this document is to introduce the elementary concepts and to build a concrete understanding of the stochastic theory of neutron transport to the motivated undergraduate student, the Ph.D. engineer/physicist/mathematician, and the staff scientist or professor learning yet another new skill. The authors understand that there are many learning types- from visual to analytical to repetitive to word-based to analogy-based (and combinations thereof)- and so we have tasked ourselves with providing as many representations as possible within to ensure every reader a fruitful endeavor. This document is written as a set of chapters that continually build upon the previous chapter. In this chapter, we provide the discussion, motivation, and background topics for the remainder of the text.