Spin Glasses and Biology

Spin Glasses and Biology
Author: Daniel L. Stein
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 259
Release: 1992-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789971505387

An introduction to the possible application of research techniques and principles developed for the study of disordered systems, to problems that arise in biology. Admitting that their knowledge of disordered systems, as represented by spin glasses, is far from complete, researchers explore how the notions derived can be of use in studying neural networks, adaptation and evolution, maturation of the immune response, and protein dynamics and folding. Requires a solid understanding of spin glass physics. No index. Acidic paper. Paper edition (unseen), $28. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Spin Glasses and Complexity

Spin Glasses and Complexity
Author: Daniel L. Stein
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1400845637

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.

Spin Glasses And Biology

Spin Glasses And Biology
Author: Daniel L Stein
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 277
Release: 1992-08-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814507776

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.

An Introduction to the Theory of Spin Glasses and Neural Networks

An Introduction to the Theory of Spin Glasses and Neural Networks
Author: Viktor Dotsenko
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1994
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789810218737

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.

Spin Glass Theory And Beyond: An Introduction To The Replica Method And Its Applications

Spin Glass Theory And Beyond: An Introduction To The Replica Method And Its Applications
Author: Marc Mezard
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 477
Release: 1987-11-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9813103914

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.

Spin Glasses and Random Fields

Spin Glasses and Random Fields
Author: A. Peter Young
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9810232403

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.

Spin Glasses and Other Frustrated Systems

Spin Glasses and Other Frustrated Systems
Author: Debashish Chowdhury
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2014-07-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1400858860

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.

Frustrated Spin Systems

Frustrated Spin Systems
Author: H. T. Diep
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2013
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814440744

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."

Theory of Simple Glasses

Theory of Simple Glasses
Author: Giorgio Parisi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108126103

This pedagogical and self-contained text describes the modern mean field theory of simple structural glasses. The book begins with a thorough explanation of infinite-dimensional models in statistical physics, before reviewing the key elements of the thermodynamic theory of liquids and the dynamical properties of liquids and glasses. The central feature of the mean field theory of disordered systems, the existence of a large multiplicity of metastable states, is then introduced. The replica method is then covered, before the final chapters describe important, advanced topics such as Gardner transitions, complexity, packing spheres in large dimensions, the jamming transition, and the rheology of glass. Presenting the theory in a clear and pedagogical style, this is an excellent resource for researchers and graduate students working in condensed matter physics and statistical mechanics.

Spin Glasses

Spin Glasses
Author: Erwin Bolthausen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2007-01-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540409084

This book serves as a concise introduction to the state-of-the-art of spin glass theory. The collection of review papers are written by leading experts in the field and cover the topic from a wide variety of angles. The book will be useful to both graduate students and young researchers, as well as to anyone curious to know what is going on in this exciting area of mathematical physics.