Spin Glasses And Biology

Author : Daniel L Stein
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814507776
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spin Glasses And Biology written by Daniel L Stein and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-08-11 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an introduction to the application of techniques developed for the study of disordered systems to problems which arise in biology. Topics presented include neural networks, adaptation and evolution, maturation of the immune response, and protein dynamics and folding. This book will appeal to students and researchers interested in statistical and condensed matter physics, glasses and spin glasses, and biophysics.

Author : Daniel L. Stein
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400845637
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spin Glasses and Complexity written by Daniel L. Stein and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spin glasses are disordered magnetic systems that have led to the development of mathematical tools with an array of real-world applications, from airline scheduling to neural networks. Spin Glasses and Complexity offers the most concise, engaging, and accessible introduction to the subject, fully explaining what spin glasses are, why they are important, and how they are opening up new ways of thinking about complexity. This one-of-a-kind guide to spin glasses begins by explaining the fundamentals of order and symmetry in condensed matter physics and how spin glasses fit into--and modify--this framework. It then explores how spin-glass concepts and ideas have found applications in areas as diverse as computational complexity, biological and artificial neural networks, protein folding, immune response maturation, combinatorial optimization, and social network modeling. Providing an essential overview of the history, science, and growing significance of this exciting field, Spin Glasses and Complexity also features a forward-looking discussion of what spin glasses may teach us in the future about complex systems. This is a must-have book for students and practitioners in the natural and social sciences, with new material even for the experts.

Author : M Mezard
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9813103914
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spin Glass Theory and Beyond written by M Mezard and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 1987-11-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a detailed and self-contained presentation of the replica theory of infinite range spin glasses. The authors also explain recent theoretical developments, paying particular attention to new applications in the study of optimization theory and neural networks. About two-thirds of the book are a collection of the most interesting and pedagogical articles on the subject.

Author : Viktor Dotsenko
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810218737
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Theory of Spin Glasses and Neural Networks written by Viktor Dotsenko and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to describe in simple terms the new area of statistical mechanics known as spin-glasses, encompassing systems in which quenched disorder is the dominant factor. The book begins with a non-mathematical explanation of the problem, and the modern understanding of the physics of the spin-glass state is formulated in general terms. Next, the 'magic' of the replica symmetry breaking scheme is demonstrated and the physics behind it discussed. Recent experiments on real spin-glass materials are briefly described to demonstrate how this somewhat abstract physics can be studied in the laboratory. The final chapters of the book are devoted to statistical models of neural networks.The material here is self-contained and should be accessible to students with a basic knowledge of theoretical physics and statistical mechanics. It has been used for a one-term graduate lecture course at the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Author : A. Peter Young
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9810232403
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spin Glasses and Random Fields written by A. Peter Young and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last few years have seen many developments in the study of ?frustrated? systems, such as spin glasses and random fields. In addition, the application of the idea of spin glasses to other branches of physics, such as vortex lines in high temperature superconductors, protein folding, structural glasses, and the vulcanization of rubber, has been flourishing. The earlier reviews are several years old, so now is an appropriate time to summarize the recent developments. The articles in this book have been written by leading researchers and include theoretical and experimental studies, and large-scale numerical work (using state-of-the-art algorithms designed specifically for spin-glass-type problems), as well as analytical studies.

Author : Debashish Chowdhury
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400858860
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spin Glasses and Other Frustrated Systems written by Debashish Chowdhury and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debashish Chowdhury's critical review of more than a thousand papers not only identifies the complexities involved in the theoretical understanding of the real spin glasses but also explains the physical concepts and the mathematical formalisms that have been used successfully in solving the infiniterange model. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : H. T. Diep
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814440744
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frustrated Spin Systems written by H. T. Diep and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers all principal aspects of currently investigated frustrated systems, from exactly solved frustrated models to real experimental frustrated systems, going through renormalization group treatment, Monte Carlo investigation of frustrated classical Ising and vector spin models, low-dimensional systems, spin ice and quantum spin glass. The reader can OCo within a single book OCo obtain a global view of the current research development in the field of frustrated systems.This new edition is updated with recent theoretical, numerical and experimental developments in the field of frustrated spin systems. The first edition of the book appeared in 2005. In this edition, more recent works until 2012 are reviewed. It contains nine chapters written by researchers who have actively contributed to the field. Many results are from recent works of the authors.The book is intended for postgraduate students as well as researchers in statistical physics, magnetism, materials science and various domains where real systems can be described with the spin language. Explicit demonstrations of formulas and full arguments leading to important results are given where it is possible to do so."

Author : Pierluigi Contucci
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521763347
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Spin Glasses written by Pierluigi Contucci and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting and developing the theory of spin glasses for mathematical physicists and probabilists working in disordered systems.

Author : D Chowdhury
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814518964
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spin Glasses and Other Frustrated Systems written by D Chowdhury and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1986-12-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long list of “spin glass materials” and the summary of the experimental results provided in this book emphasize the common features of spin glasses despite the diversities. The critical review of more than a thousand papers not only identifies the complexities involved in the theoretical understanding of the static and dynamic properties of real spin glasses but also explains the physical concepts and mathematical formalism which have been used so successfully in solving the infinite range model. Morever, a beginner will find practical applications of the concepts of broken ergodicity, ultrametricity, gauge invariance, etc. in this book. Major progress has been made in solving many other challenging problems, e.g., computer design, associative memory, pattern recognition and neural networks, evolution of biological species etc. by mapping them onto the spin glass models. The chapter on these spin- glass-like systems will be useful not only to physicists but also to computer scientists and biologists. Contents:Real Spin Glass Materials, Spin-Glass-Like Systems and Spin Glass ModelsMean Field Theory of Spin GlassesSherrington-Kirkpatrick (SK) ModelVarious Solutions of the SK Model and Their EquivalenceDynamics of Spin GlassesVector Spin Glasses and Mixed PhaseResults of Computer ExperimentsRandom Energy Model Readership: Condensed matter physicists and material scientists. Keywords:Spin Glass Materials;Ergodicity;Ultrametricity;Gauge Invariance;Sherrington-Kirkpatrick (SK) Model;Random Energy Model

Author : Marc Mézard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019857083X
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information, Physics, and Computation written by Marc Mézard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very active field of research is emerging at the frontier of statistical physics, theoretical computer science/discrete mathematics, and coding/information theory. This book sets up a common language and pool of concepts, accessible to students and researchers from each of these fields.