Number partitioning as a random energy model

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2004/04/P04003MaRDI QIDQ3160029zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Heiko Bauke, Silvio Franz, S. Mertens

Publication date 1 February 2005

Published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402010

zbMATH Keywords

disordered systems (theory)energy landscapes (theory)heuristics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44)

Abstract: Number partitioning is a classical problem from combinatorial optimisation. In physical terms it corresponds to a long range anti-ferromagnetic Ising spin glass. It has been rigorously proven that the low lying energies of number partitioning behave like uncorrelated random variables. We claim that neighbouring energy levels are uncorrelated almost everywhere on the energy axis, and that energetically adjacent configurations are uncorrelated, too. Apparently there is no relation between geometry (configuration) and energy that could be exploited by an optimization algorithm. This ``local random energy picture of number partitioning is corroborated by numerical simulations and heuristic arguments.

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