The statistical physics of graphs and partition functions represents a vibrant intersection of graph theory, statistical mechanics and computational complexity. By summing over an ensemble of ...

Statistical mechanics has long provided the theoretical bedrock for understanding phase transitions—sharp changes in the physical state of matter—and, more recently, the associated large deviations ...

In this new work, statistical mechanics is used to understand how different mathematical models "compete" when trying to explain a system. This matters because many scientific fields rely on ...