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We propose a novel energy function for Dense Associative Memory (DenseAM) networks, the log-sum-ReLU (LSR), inspired by optimal kernel density estimation. Unlike the common log-sum-exponential (LSE) function, LSR is based on the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Benjamin Hoover , Zhaoyang Shi , Krishnakumar Balasubramanian , Dmitry Krotov , Parikshit Ram

The phenomenon of replica symmetry breaking is investigated for the retrieval phases of Hopfield-type network models. The basic calculation is done for the generalized version of the standard model introduced by Horner [1] and by…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 H. Steffan , R. Kühn

We introduce a three-dimensional vectorial extension of the Hopfield associative-memory model in which each neuron is a unit vector on $S^2$ and synaptic couplings are $3\times 3$ blocks generated through a vectorial Hebbian rule. The…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-12-10 F. Gallavotti , A. Zaccone

In this work we develop analytical techniques to investigate a broad class of associative neural networks set in the high-storage regime. These techniques translate the original statistical-mechanical problem into an analytical-mechanical…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-04-17 Elena Agliari , Francesco Alemanno , Adriano Barra , Alberto Fachechi

With the help of quantum mechanics one can formulate a model of associative memory with optimal storage capacity. I generalize this model by introducing a parameter playing the role of an effective temperature. The corresponding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Carlo A. Trugenberger

Associative memory architectures such as the Hopfield network have long been important conceptual and theoretical models for neuroscience and artificial intelligence. However, translating these abstract models into spiking neural networks…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-07-02 William F. Podlaski , Christian K. Machens

Large language models demonstrate remarkable ability in factual recall, yet the fundamental limits of storing and retrieving input--output associations with neural networks remain unclear. We study these limits in a minimal setting: a…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-12 Alessio Giorlandino , Sebastian Goldt , Antoine Maillard

High-capacity kernel Hopfield networks exhibit a \textit{Ridge of Optimization} characterized by extreme stability. While previously linked to \textit{Spectral Concentration}, its origin remains elusive. Here, we analyze the network…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Akira Tamamori

Understanding the theoretical foundations of how memories are encoded and retrieved in neural populations is a central challenge in neuroscience. A popular theoretical scenario for modeling memory function is the attractor neural network…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2016-02-17 Alireza Alemi , Carlo Baldassi , Nicolas Brunel , Riccardo Zecchina

Embedding geometry plays a fundamental role in retrieval quality, yet dense retrievers for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) remain largely confined to Euclidean space. However, natural language exhibits hierarchical structure from broad…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Hiren Madhu , Ngoc Bui , Ali Maatouk , Leandros Tassiulas , Smita Krishnaswamy , Menglin Yang , Sukanta Ganguly , Kiran Srinivasan , Rex Ying

Modern Hopfield Neural Networks (HNNs), also known as Dense Associative Memories (DAMs), enhance the performance of simple recurrent neural networks by leveraging the nonlinearities in their energy functions. They have broad applications in…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-12 Khalid Musa , Santosh Kumar , Michael Katidis , Yu-Ping Huang

We introduce a spherical Hopfield-type neural network involving neurons and patterns that are continuous variables. We study both the thermodynamics and dynamics of this model. In order to have a retrieval phase a quartic term is added to…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Bolle , Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen , I. Perez Castillo , T. Verbeiren

The Entropic Associative Memory holds objects in a 2D relation or ``memory plane'' using a finite table as the medium. Memory objects are stored by reinforcing simultaneously the cells used by the cue, implementing a form of Hebb's learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Rafael Morales , Luis A. Pineda

The Hopfield model describes a neural network that stores memories using all-to-all-coupled spins. Memory patterns are recalled under equilibrium dynamics. Storing too many patterns breaks the associative recall process because frustration…

Manuscript symbols can be stored, recognized and retrieved from an entropic digital memory that is associative and distributed but yet declarative; memory retrieval is a constructive operation, memory cues to objects not contained in the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Rafael Morales , Noé Hernández , Ricardo Cruz , Victor D. Cruz , Luis A. Pineda

We introduce the sparse modern Hopfield model as a sparse extension of the modern Hopfield model. Like its dense counterpart, the sparse modern Hopfield model equips a memory-retrieval dynamics whose one-step approximation corresponds to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Jerry Yao-Chieh Hu , Donglin Yang , Dennis Wu , Chenwei Xu , Bo-Yu Chen , Han Liu

We construct an explicit linear map from compact, conserved thermodynamic/effective-medium perturbations of the stress-energy tensor to the metric response in static, spherically symmetric spacetimes, and from there to geometric observables…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-27 Jingxu Wu , Jie Shi , Chenjia Li , Yuwei Yin

Recently, Hopfield and Krotov introduced the concept of {\em dense associative memories} [DAM] (close to spin-glasses with $P$-wise interactions in a disordered statistical mechanical jargon): they proved a number of remarkable features…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-02-19 Francesco Alemanno , Martino Centonze , Alberto Fachechi

Using a holographic proposal for the geometric entropy we study its behavior in the geometry of Schwarzschild black holes in global $AdS_p$ for $p=3,4,5$. Holographically, the entropy is determined by a minimal surface. On the gravity side,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 Ibrahima Bah , Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas , Cesar A. Terrero-Escalante

While Landauer's Principle sets a lower bound for the work required for a computation, that work is recoverable for efficient computations. However, practical physical computers, such as modern digital computers or biochemical systems, are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-04-27 Alexander B. Boyd , Paul M. Riechers , Gregory W. Wimsatt , James P. Crutchfield , Mile Gu