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Central limit theorem for high temperature spin models via martingale embedding

Probability 2026-04-29 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We use martingale embeddings to prove a central limit theorem (CLT) for one-dimensional projections of high-dimensional random vectors in {1,1}n\{-1,1\}^n satisfying a Poincar\'e inequality. We obtain a non-asymptotic error bound involving two-point and three-point functions for the CLT in 2-Wasserstein distance. We present three illustrative applications: Ising model with finite-range interactions, ferromagnetic Ising model under the Dobrushin condition, and the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin glass model at sufficiently high temperature. In all the examples, we allow heterogeneous external fields.

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@article{arxiv.2511.06196,
  title  = {Central limit theorem for high temperature spin models via martingale embedding},
  author = {Xiao Fang and Yang Xie and Yi-Kun Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.06196},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

v3: 39 pages. Added an application to the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin glass model. Added a coauthor

R2 v1 2026-07-01T07:27:59.519Z