Physics and Complexity: a brief spin glass perspective
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2012-01-10 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Physics and Society
Abstract
Complex macroscopic behaviour can arise in many-body systems with only very simple elements as a consequence of the combination of competition and inhomogeneity. This paper attempts to illustrate how statistical physics has driven this recognition, has contributed new insights and methodologies of wide application influencing many fields of science, and has been stimulated in return.
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@article{arxiv.1201.1852,
title = {Physics and Complexity: a brief spin glass perspective},
author = {David Sherrington},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.1852},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
For publication in Proceedings of EURASC workshop "Managing complexity, reducing perplexity"