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Statistical Physics of Spin Glasses and Information Processing: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2001)

"The scope of the theory of spin glasses has been expanding well beyond its original goal of explaining the experimental facts of spin glass materials. For the first time in the history of physics we have encountered an explicit example in which the phase space of the system has an extremely complex structure and yet is amenable to rigorous, systematic analyses. Investigations of such systems have opened a new paradigm in statistical physics. Also, the framework of the analytical treatment of these systems has gradually been recognized as an indispensable tool for the study of information processing tasks. One of the principal purposes of this book is to elucidate some of the important recent developments in these interdisciplinary directions.."--From the Preface 

Elements of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena w/Gerardo Ortiz　(Oxford University Press, 2011) Errata

"The strengths of this book are the quality and experience of Nishimori and Ortiz as researchers and teachers. They know well how to explain physical theories and formalisms, and their writings have a very low threshold for the interested and mathematically inclined reader. The book has a very nice selection of topics, ranging from the basics in the theory of classical spin systems, via renormalization group theory and conformal field theory, to duality arguments and disordered systems. Above all, the authors have succeeded brilliantly in conveying the elegance of this particular field of mathematical physics." - Anthony Coolen, King's College London

"I am convinced that this book will be extremely useful to students. It proposes a rather broad choice of topics, which have been wisely selected. It covers the standard theory of phase transitions without entering too much into the field theoretic technicalities, but insisting on precise examples (like the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition), and conceptual issues. I think that this book is likely to be a very valuable one, the kind of book that will immediately become a classic book, necessary to any graduate student willing to have a good knowledge in statistical physics." - Marc Mézard, Université de Paris Sud, Orsay, France

"This book gives a comprehensive and readable introduction to the most important aspects of the modern theory of critical phenomena. After a thorough discussion of the basic approaches of mean field theory and the renormalization group, more advanced topics, such as conformal field theory and spin glasses, are discussed to a level from which the reader can proceed to more advanced texts. The subject matter is well illustrated by examples and exercises, which makes this an ideal graduate text as well as useful background material for the more casual reader." - John Cardy FRS, University of Oxford

米国科学・工学・医学アカデミーによる量子コンピュータの進歩と展望（翻訳）(共立出版, 2020)

一流の研究者たちが執筆に関わった本書は極めて貴重な文書である。式や詳細なデータを用いた論文スタイルの記述ではなく、ほぼ全編にわたって文章のみを用いて、現状の分析から将来の見通しまで、正確かつ分かりやすい解説が展開されている。（訳者前書きより）

Translation of "Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects" by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Statistical Physics of Spin Glasses and Information Processing: An Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2001)

"The scope of the theory of spin glasses has been expanding well beyond its original goal of explaining the experimental facts of spin glass materials. For the first time in the history of physics we have encountered an explicit example in which the phase space of the system has an extremely complex structure and yet is amenable to rigorous, systematic analyses. Investigations of such systems have opened a new paradigm in statistical physics. Also, the framework of the analytical treatment of these systems has gradually been recognized as an indispensable tool for the study of information processing tasks. One of the principal purposes of this book is to elucidate some of the important recent developments in these interdisciplinary directions.."--From the Preface 

Elements of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena w/Gerardo Ortiz　(Oxford University Press, 2011) Errata

"The strengths of this book are the quality and experience of Nishimori and Ortiz as researchers and teachers. They know well how to explain physical theories and formalisms, and their writings have a very low threshold for the interested and mathematically inclined reader. The book has a very nice selection of topics, ranging from the basics in the theory of classical spin systems, via renormalization group theory and conformal field theory, to duality arguments and disordered systems. Above all, the authors have succeeded brilliantly in conveying the elegance of this particular field of mathematical physics." - Anthony Coolen, King's College London

"I am convinced that this book will be extremely useful to students. It proposes a rather broad choice of topics, which have been wisely selected. It covers the standard theory of phase transitions without entering too much into the field theoretic technicalities, but insisting on precise examples (like the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition), and conceptual issues. I think that this book is likely to be a very valuable one, the kind of book that will immediately become a classic book, necessary to any graduate student willing to have a good knowledge in statistical physics." - Marc Mézard, Université de Paris Sud, Orsay, France

"This book gives a comprehensive and readable introduction to the most important aspects of the modern theory of critical phenomena. After a thorough discussion of the basic approaches of mean field theory and the renormalization group, more advanced topics, such as conformal field theory and spin glasses, are discussed to a level from which the reader can proceed to more advanced texts. The subject matter is well illustrated by examples and exercises, which makes this an ideal graduate text as well as useful background material for the more casual reader." - John Cardy FRS, University of Oxford

米国科学・工学・医学アカデミーによる量子コンピュータの進歩と展望（翻訳）(共立出版, 2020)

一流の研究者たちが執筆に関わった本書は極めて貴重な文書である。式や詳細なデータを用いた論文スタイルの記述ではなく、ほぼ全編にわたって文章のみを用いて、現状の分析から将来の見通しまで、正確かつ分かりやすい解説が展開されている。（訳者前書きより）

Translation of "Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects" by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.