Information geometry of finite Ising models

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 207-220

  Brody, Dorje C ^a   Ritz, Adam ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fisher Rao metric; Information geometry; Phase transitions; Ricci scalar curvature; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037970189     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(02)00190-0     Document Type: Article

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