The Parisi formula

Abstract

Using Guerra’s interpolation scheme, we compute the free energy of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model for spin glasses at any temperature, confirming a celebrated prediction of G. Parisi.

Authors

Michel Talagrand

Équipe d'analyse de l'institut Mathematique, Université Paris VI, 75230 Paris Cedex, France and Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States