Nobel Lecture: Multiple equilibria
Giorgio Parisi
TL;DR
This paper reviews the concept of multiple equilibria originating in natural sciences, highlighting its development in statistical mechanics and its diverse applications across physics and other fields.
Contribution
It details the author's contributions to the understanding of multiple equilibria within statistical mechanics, expanding its theoretical framework.
Findings
Multiple equilibria are fundamental in various physical systems.
The concept has broad applications beyond physics.
The author's work advanced the theoretical understanding of these equilibria.
Abstract
This is an extended version of my Nobel Lecture, delivered on December 2021. I will recall the genesis of the concept of multiple equilibria in natural sciences. I will then describe my contribution to the development of this concept in the framework of statistical mechanics. Finally, I will briefly mention the cornucopia of applications of these ideas both in physics and in other disciplines.
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Taxonomy
TopicsStochastic processes and statistical mechanics · Theoretical and Computational Physics · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics