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Solving spin systems: the Babylonian way

Probability 2022-04-21 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show that spin systems with generic (ferro- or paramagnetic, or random) interactions are "completely integrable". The approach is worked out, by way of example, for the Sherrington Kirkpatrick model: we derive an exact, closed formula for the quenched free energy in finite volume which involves an integral over a Gaussian field with correlation structure given by the interaction matrix (with a twist).

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@article{arxiv.2111.04375,
  title  = {Solving spin systems: the Babylonian way},
  author = {Nicola Kistler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.04375},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Coy remark in relation to the replica trick added

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