Spin Glasses: Old and New Complexity
Statistical Mechanics
2012-05-16 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
Spin glasses are disordered magnetic systems that exhibit a variety of properties that are characteristic of complex systems. After a brief review of basic spin glass concepts, their use in areas such as computer science, biology, and other fields will be explored. This use and its underlying basis will be termed old complexity. Newer concepts and ideas flowing from more recent studies of spin glasses will then be discussed, leading to a proposal for a kind of new complexity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.3432,
title = {Spin Glasses: Old and New Complexity},
author = {D. L. Stein and C. M. Newman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.3432},
year = {2012}
}
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11 pages