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A variational principle for spin glass models
Probability| Speaker: | Dr Robert Sims, UC Davis |
| Location: | 593 Kerr |
| Start time: | Tue, Mar 8 2005, 4:10PM |
In this work we characterize the free energy of the SK spin glass model in terms of an optimization procedure for which the ultrametric/hierarchal structures suggested by Parisi's ansatz form only a subset.