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Can you interpret this divergent integral?
In this ArXiv paper by Wilk and Wlodarczyk (published in Physical Review Letters), equation 16 has essentially the following definition of a function:
$$\text{f(x)=}\frac{c}{2Dx^2}\exp[\int^x_0 \frac{\...
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A simple problem in markov chains
I'm trying to understand a 1954 paper of Kubo intitled "Note on the stochastic theory of resonance absorption". The specific problem can be stated mathematically as follows: let $X(t)$ be a random ...
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Can we pass to the limit in Poincaré-Jaynes-Bretthorst interpolation and deconvolution?
In Science and Hypothesis, chapter XI, The calculus of probabilities, Henri Poincaré deals informally with the fundamental problem of interpolation. He concludes (see http://ia600308.us.archive.org/21/...
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For which values of $N$ is known the Lieb-Simon Inequality for $Z_N$ Models ?
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Let $\mathbb Z^d$ denote the $d$-dimensional integer lattice with norm $|x|=\sum_i|x_i|$.
For each $x\in\mathbb Z^d$ we associate a spin variable, $\sigma_x$ taking values on the set
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For Ising models on finite graphs, is the gradient of Z (w/r/t coupling and field) easier to compute than Z?
Suppose we have a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, edgeset $E$, $\mathcal{X}=\{1,-1\}^n$. The partition function of the spin-1/2 Ising model on $G$ is
$$Z(J,h)=\sum_{x\in \mathcal{X}} \exp\left(J \sum_{(...
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What is the right notion of self-dual (two-dimensional) percolation in R^4?
For a lattice in $\mathbb{R}^2$, if we include each edge independently with probability $p$ (i.e. bond percolation), it is well known that there is a critical probability $0 < p_c < 1$ depending ...
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The mathematical theory of Feynman integrals
It is well known that Feynman integrals are one of the tools that physicists have and mathematicians haven't, sadly.
Arguably, they are the most important such tool. Briefly, the question I'd like to ...
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randomness in nature [closed]
What is the explanation of the apparent randomness of high-level phenomena in nature?
For example the distribution of females vs. males in a population (I am referring to randomness in terms of the ...
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