Gibbs measures and phase transitions on sparse random graphs

Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-211

  Dembo, Amir ^a   Montanari, Andrea ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gibbs measures; Ising model; Local weak convergence; Phase transitions; Random graphs; Spin models

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049395931     PISSN: 01030752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-BJPS027     Document Type: Article

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