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The Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model [electronic resource] / by Dmitry Panchenko.

By: Panchenko, Dmitry [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Monographs in Mathematics: Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XII, 156 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781461462897.Subject(s): Mathematics | Distribution (Probability theory) | Mathematical physics | Mathematics | Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes | Mathematical Physics | Mathematical Methods in Physics | Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and ComplexityDDC classification: 519.2 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preface -- 1 The Free Energy and Gibbs Measure -- 2 The Ruelle Probability Cascades -- 3 The Parisi Formula -- 4 Toward a Generalized Parisi Ansatz -- A Appendix -- Bibliography -- Notes and Comments -- References -- Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The celebrated Parisi solution of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model for spin glasses is one of the most important achievements in the field of disordered systems. Over the last three decades, through the efforts of theoretical physicists and mathematicians, the essential aspects of the Parisi solution were clarified and proved mathematically. The core ideas of the theory that emerged are the subject of this book, including the recent solution of the Parisi ultrametricity conjecture and a conceptually simple proof of the Parisi formula for the free energy. The treatment is self-contained and should be accessible to graduate students with a background in probability theory, with no prior knowledge of spin glasses. The methods involved in the analysis of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model also serve as a good illustration of such classical topics in probability as the Gaussian interpolation and concentration of measure, Poisson processes, and representation results for exchangeable arrays.
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Preface -- 1 The Free Energy and Gibbs Measure -- 2 The Ruelle Probability Cascades -- 3 The Parisi Formula -- 4 Toward a Generalized Parisi Ansatz -- A Appendix -- Bibliography -- Notes and Comments -- References -- Index.

The celebrated Parisi solution of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model for spin glasses is one of the most important achievements in the field of disordered systems. Over the last three decades, through the efforts of theoretical physicists and mathematicians, the essential aspects of the Parisi solution were clarified and proved mathematically. The core ideas of the theory that emerged are the subject of this book, including the recent solution of the Parisi ultrametricity conjecture and a conceptually simple proof of the Parisi formula for the free energy. The treatment is self-contained and should be accessible to graduate students with a background in probability theory, with no prior knowledge of spin glasses. The methods involved in the analysis of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model also serve as a good illustration of such classical topics in probability as the Gaussian interpolation and concentration of measure, Poisson processes, and representation results for exchangeable arrays.

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