Statistical mechanics of disordered systems: a mathematical perspective

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...

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Beteilige Person: Bovier, Anton 1957-
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2006
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge series on statistical and probabilistic mathematics 18
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616808
Zusammenfassung: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.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 312 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511616808