Statistics of Critical Points of Gaussian Fields on Large-Dimensional Spaces
Abstract
We calculate the average number of critical points of a Gaussian field on a high-dimensional space as a function of their energy and their index. Our results give a complete picture of the organization of critical points and are of relevance to glassy and disordered systems and landscape scenarios coming from the anthropic approach to string theory.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- April 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.150201
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0611023
- Bibcode:
- 2007PhRvL..98o0201B
- Keywords:
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- 02.50.-r;
- 12.40.Ee;
- Probability theory stochastic processes and statistics;
- Statistical models;
- Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks;
- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
- E-Print:
- 5 pages