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title: Information, Physics and Computation (2009)
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Together with [Marc Mézard](http://www.lptms.u-psud.fr/membres/mezard/),
we recently finished our book. It is an introduction to a rich and
rapidly evolving research field at the interface between statistical
physics, theretical computer science/discrete mathematics, and
coding/information theory. It should be accessible to graduate students
an researchers without specific training in any of these three fields.

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The book has been published in 2009 by Oxford University Press. The
(ambitious) title is \`Information, Physics and Computation.' (Below are
some chapters in a not-final version.)

  - [Part A](partA.pdf): Basics.
  - [Part B](partB.pdf): Independent states.
  - [Part C](partC.pdf): Graphical models and factor graphs.
  - [Part D](partD.pdf): Belief propagation and its applications.
  - [Part E](partE.pdf): Glassy phases, clustering transition and all
    that.
  - [Part F](partF.pdf): Notations, references.

Comments, suggestions, corrections are extremely welcome\!

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Errata to the first OUP edition are [here](erra.pdf).

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You can also return to [home](../index.html).

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