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Is the Riemann zeta function in a short interval a 1-RSB spin glass ?

Probability 2018-10-25 v4

Abstract

Fyodorov, Hiary & Keating established an intriguing connection between the maxima of log-correlated processes and the ones of the Riemann zeta function on a short interval of the critical line. In particular, they suggest that the analogue of the free energy of the Riemann zeta function is identical to the one of the Random Energy Model in spin glasses. In this paper, the connection between spin glasses and the Riemann zeta function is explored further. We study a random model of the Riemann zeta function and show that its two-overlap distribution corresponds to the one of a one-step replica symmetry breaking (1-RSB) spin glass. This provides evidence that the local maxima of the zeta function are strongly clustered.

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@article{arxiv.1706.08462,
  title  = {Is the Riemann zeta function in a short interval a 1-RSB spin glass ?},
  author = {Louis-Pierre Arguin and Warren Tai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.08462},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

20 pages, 1 figure, Minor corrections, References updated