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Nobel Lecture: Multiple equilibria

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2023-08-15 v3

Abstract

This is an extended version of my Nobel Lecture, delivered on December 8th8^{th} 2021. I will recall the genesis of the concept of multiple equilibria in natural sciences. I will then describe my contribution to the development of this concept in the framework of statistical mechanics. Finally, I will briefly mention the cornucopia of applications of these ideas both in physics and in other disciplines.

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@article{arxiv.2304.00580,
  title  = {Nobel Lecture: Multiple equilibria},
  author = {Giorgio Parisi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.00580},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

18 pages, 7 figures, a few typos corrected and very minor corrections added