Statistics of Critical Points of Gaussian Fields on Large-Dimensional Spaces

Alan J. Bray and David S. Dean
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 150201 – Published 10 April 2007

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.

  • Received 6 November 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.150201

©2007 American Physical Society

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Alan J. Bray1 and David S. Dean2

  • 1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9Pl, United Kingdom
  • 2Laboratoire de Physique Théorique (UMR 5152 du CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France

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Vol. 98, Iss. 15 — 13 April 2007

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