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Supersymmetry, replica and dynamic treatments of disordered systems: a parallel presentation

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

I briefly review the three nonperturbative methods for the treatment of disordered systems -- supersymmetry, replicas and dynamics -- with a parallel presentation that highlights their connections and differences.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0209399,
  title  = {Supersymmetry, replica and dynamic treatments of disordered systems: a parallel presentation},
  author = {Jorge Kurchan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0209399},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Proceedings of the Inhomogeneous Random Systems, Cergy 2002; to appear in Journal of Markov Processes and Related Fields