Statistical Mechanics of Disordered Systems

A Mathematical Perspective

AvAnton Bovier,R. Gill

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Del 18 i serien Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics

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This self-contained book is a graduate-level introduction for mathematicians and for physicists interested in the mathematical foundations of the field, and can be used as a textbook for a two-semester course on mathematical statistical mechanics. It assumes only basic knowledge of classical physics and, on the mathematics side, a good working knowledge of graduate-level probability theory. The book starts with a concise introduction to statistical mechanics, proceeds to disordered lattice spin systems, and concludes with a presentation of the latest developments in the mathematical understanding of mean-field spin glass models. In particular, progress towards a rigorous understanding of the replica symmetry-breaking solutions of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin glass models, due to Guerra, Aizenman-Sims-Starr and Talagrand, is reviewed in some detail.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-06-08
Mått:178 x 254 x 19 mm
Vikt:790 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521849913

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Professor Bovier is an active researcher, having published over 90 scientific papers, and is a frequently invited speaker at international meetings on probability and mathematics.

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'… a graduate-level introduction for mathematicians and physicists in the mathematical foundations of the field, and can be used as a textbook for a two-semester course on mathematical statistical mechanics. It assumes only some basic knowledge of classical physics; on the mathematics side, the reader should have a good working knowledge of graduate level probability theory.' L'enseignement mathematique

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Part I. Statistical Mechanics: 1. Introduction; 2. Principles of statistical mechanics; 3. Lattice gases and spin systems; 4. Gibbsian formalism; 5. Cluster expansions; Part II. Disordered Systems: Lattice Models: 6. Gibbsian formalism and metastates; 7. The random field Ising model; Part III: Disordered Systems: Mean Field Models: 8. Disordered mean field models; 9. The random energy model; 10. Derrida's generalised random energy models; 11. The SK models and the Parisi solution; 12. Hopfield models; 13. The number partitioning problem; Bibliography; Index of notation; Index.