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Exactness of the replica method in perturbation

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-01-13 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

The replica method for a quenched disordered system is considered in a perturbative field theory. Since correction in a finite-order perturbation is given in a polynomial of the replica number nn, the zero-replica limit n0n \to 0 is regarded as extracting the constant term from the polynomial, which mathematically makes sense. The meaning of the extraction is clarified comparing with a direct calculation.

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@article{arxiv.0809.4071,
  title  = {Exactness of the replica method in perturbation},
  author = {Hisamitsu Mukaida and Yoshinori Sakamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4071},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures, revised version with additional references and sentences

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