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 d

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 d

Spin glasses are disordered magnetic systems that have led to the development of mathematical tools with an array of real-world applications, from airline sched

This superb new book is one of the first publications in recent years to provide a broad overview of this interdisciplinary field. Most of the book is written i

This book contains a detailed and self-contained presentation of the replica theory of infinite range spin glasses. The authors also explain recent theoretical