Random Media and Spin Glasses: An Introduction into Some Mathematical Results and Problems / Erwin Bolthausen |
Introduction / 1: |
The Basic Mathematical Models / 2: |
The Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model / 3: |
Basic Properties of the SK-Model / 3.1: |
The Replica Computation / 3.2: |
The Parisi Ansatz / 3.3: |
Mathematically Rigorous Results for the SK-Model / 4: |
Guerra's Interpolation Method / 4.1: |
Mathematical Variants of the Cavity Method / 4.2: |
The Random Energy Models / 5: |
The REM / 5.1: |
The Generalized Random Energy Model / 5.2: |
The Aizenman-Sims-Starr Proof of Guerra's Bound of the SK Free Energy / 5.3: |
Some Open Problems: Ultrametricity and Chaos / 6: |
Other Models: Some Comments about the Perceptron / 7: |
Dynamic Problems and Aging / 8: |
References |
Spin Glasses: A Perspective / David Sherrington |
Random Magnetic Alloys |
More Details / 2.1: |
Discontinuous Transitions |
Beyond Magnetic Alloys |
Complex Many-Body Problems |
Dynamics |
Examples |
Conclusion |
Acknowledgements |
Mean Field Models for Spin Glasses: Some Obnoxious Problems / Michel Talagrand |
Guerra's Replica-Symmetric Bound |
Guerra's Broken Replica-Symmetry Bound |
The Ultrametricity Conjecture |
The Chaos Problem |
Much Ado about Derrida's GREM / Anton Bovier ; Irina Kurkova |
History of the Models / 1.1: |
Geometry of Gibbs Measures / 1.2: |
Point Process of Extremes / 1.3: |
Organisation of the Paper / 1.4: |
Convergent Point Processes Associated to the GREM |
GREM: Detailed Analysis |
Fluctuations of the Partition Function |
Gibbs Measure: Approach via Ruelle's Probability Cascades |
Distribution of the Overlaps |
Ghirlanda-Guerra Identities / 3.4: |
Empirical Distance Distribution Function [Kappa subscript beta] / 3.5: |
CREM: Implicit Approach |
Maximum of the Hamiltonian. Limit of the Free Energy |
Two-Replicas Ultrametric Distance Distribution Function |
Marginals of [Kappa subscript beta] in Terms of Ruelle's Probability Cascades / 4.3: |
Genealogies and Neveu's Branching Process |
Problems with the Explicit Description of Limiting Gibbs Measures |
Genealogical Map of a Flow of Probability Measures |
Coalescent Associated with a Flow of Probability Measures |
Finite N Setting for the CREM / 5.4: |
Genealogy of a Continuous State Branching Process / 5.5: |
Main Result / 5.6: |
Coalescence and Ghirlanda-Guerra identities / 5.7: |
Dynamics for Spherical Models of Spin-Glass and Aging / Alice Guionnet |
Spherical Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model |
Spherical p-spins Model |
Future problems |
Local vs. Global Variables for Spin Glasses / Charles M. Newman ; Daniel L. Stein |
Local Variables and Thermodynamic Limits |
Nearest-Neighbor Ising Ferromagnets |
Finite-Range and Infinite-Range Spin Glasses |
A New Global Order Parameter for Spin Glasses? |
What are Metastates, Anyway? |
Short-Range Spin Glasses: Results and Speculations |
The Trinity of Scenarios |
Heuristic Description |
Description via the Metastate / 2.2: |
Replica Symmetry Breaking for Short-Range Models |
Wild Possibilities |
Phase Transition Without Broken Spin-Flip Symmetry |
Highly Chaotic Temperature Dependence |
Index |
Random Media and Spin Glasses: An Introduction into Some Mathematical Results and Problems / Erwin Bolthausen |
Introduction / 1: |
The Basic Mathematical Models / 2: |
The Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model / 3: |
Basic Properties of the SK-Model / 3.1: |
The Replica Computation / 3.2: |