Yukito Iba 1999 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 32 3875 doi:10.1088/0305-4470/32/21/302
Yukito Iba
Show affiliationsThe `Nishimori line' is a line or hypersurface in the parameter space of systems with quenched disorder, where simple expressions of the averages of physical quantities over the quenched random variables are obtained. It has been playing an important role in the theoretical studies of the random frustrated systems since its discovery in around 1980. In this paper, an interpretation of the Nishimori line from the viewpoint of statistical information processing is developed. Our main aim is the reconstruction of the whole theory of the Nishimori line from the viewpoint of Bayesian statistics, or, almost equivalently, from the viewpoint of the theory of error-correcting codes. As a byproduct of the interpretation, counterparts of the Nishimori line in models without gauge invariance are given. We also discussed the issues on the `finite-temperature decoding' of error-correcting codes and clarify the role of gauge invariance in this topic.
03.67.Pp Quantum error correction and other methods for protection against decoherence
62C10 Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures
Issue 21 (28 May 1999)
Received 15 September 1998, in final form 25 January 1999
Yukito Iba 1999 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 32 3875
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