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Main Authors: Shen, Mutian, Xu, Yichen, Nussinov, Zohar
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15664
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author Shen, Mutian
Xu, Yichen
Nussinov, Zohar
author_facet Shen, Mutian
Xu, Yichen
Nussinov, Zohar
contents We introduce the Eggbox Ising model, a tunable construction of rugged energy landscapes defined by distances to a prescribed set of patterns. Correlated pattern ensembles realize arbitrary k-step replica-symmetry-breaking structures and controllable Parisi overlap distributions p(q), consistent with the hierarchical overlap structure observed in a simple word-embedding example from empirical data. A softened variant allows a systematic expansion leading to Hopfield-type couplings (and higher-body terms). We analyze the density of states and show that suitable potentials induce discontinuous finite-temperature transitions with metastability and hysteresis.
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spellingShingle The Eggbox Ising Model
Shen, Mutian
Xu, Yichen
Nussinov, Zohar
Statistical Mechanics
Computational Physics
We introduce the Eggbox Ising model, a tunable construction of rugged energy landscapes defined by distances to a prescribed set of patterns. Correlated pattern ensembles realize arbitrary k-step replica-symmetry-breaking structures and controllable Parisi overlap distributions p(q), consistent with the hierarchical overlap structure observed in a simple word-embedding example from empirical data. A softened variant allows a systematic expansion leading to Hopfield-type couplings (and higher-body terms). We analyze the density of states and show that suitable potentials induce discontinuous finite-temperature transitions with metastability and hysteresis.
title The Eggbox Ising Model
topic Statistical Mechanics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15664