Why Do Simple Models Work? Partial Answers from Information Geometry - Lecture 1

Why Do Simple Models Work? Partial Answers from Information Geometry - Lecture 1

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Reasonable microscopic model

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Reasonable microscopic model

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Why Do Simple Models Work? Partial Answers from Information Geometry - Lecture 1

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  1. 1 US-India Advanced Studies Institute: Classical and Quantum Information
  2. 2 Why do simple models work? Partial answers from information geometry Lecture 1
  3. 3 Overview Slides ICTS Winter School: Classical and Quantum Information
  4. 4 Overview
  5. 5 Why do models work?
  6. 6 Why is physics comprehensible?
  7. 7 Outline for today
  8. 8 Graph
  9. 9 Calculate the metric again for nonlinear squares
  10. 10 Coordinate transform
  11. 11 Graphs
  12. 12 Reasonable microscopic model
  13. 13 Eigen vector corresponds to Eigen value
  14. 14 Two-dimensional Ising Model
  15. 15 Coordinate system
  16. 16 Diffusion equation
  17. 17 Partition function
  18. 18 Exercise
  19. 19 The Ising model after coarsening
  20. 20 Q&A

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