\documentclass[a4paper]{letter} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % why not type "Bézout" with unicode? \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % vector fonts plz \usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath} % Times for PR \usepackage[ colorlinks=true, urlcolor=purple, citecolor=purple, filecolor=purple, linkcolor=purple ]{hyperref} % ref and cite links with pretty colors \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage[style=phys]{biblatex} \addbibresource{bezout.bib} \signature{ \vspace{-6\medskipamount} \smallskip Jaron Kent-Dobias \& Jorge Kurchan } \address{ Laboratoire de Physique \\ Ecole Normale Sup\'erieure \\ 24 rue Lhomond \\ 75005 Paris } \begin{document} \begin{letter}{ Editorial Office\\ Physical Review Letters\\ 1 Research Road\\ Ridge, NY 11961 } \opening{To the editors of Physical Review,} The subject of `complex landscapes,' which started in the spin-glass literature, is concerned with functions (landscapes) of many variables, having a multiplicity of minima, which are the objects of interest. Apart from its obvious interest for glassy systems, it has found a myriad applications in many domains: computer science, ecology, economics, biology. \footfullcite{Mezard_2009_Information} In the last few years, a renewed interest has developed for landscapes for which the variables are complex. There are a few reasons for this: {\em i)} in computational physics, there is the main obstacle of the `sign problem', and a strategy has emerged to attack it deforming the sampling space into complex variables. This is a most natural and promising path, and any progress made will have game-changing impact in solid state physics and lattice-QCD. \footfullcite{Cristoforetti_2012_New, Scorzato_2016_The} {\em ii)} At a more basic level, following the seminal work of E.~Witten, \footfullcite{Witten_2010_A,Witten_2011_Analytic} there has been a flurry of activity concerning the very definition of quantum mechanics, which requires also that one move into the complex plane. In all these cases, just like in the real case, one needs to know the structure of the `landscape.' where are the saddle points and how they are connected, typical questions of `complexity.' However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies extending the methods of the theory of complexity to complex variables. We believe our paper will open a field that may find numerous applications and will widen our theoretical view of complexity in general. \closing{Sincerely,} \vspace{1em} \end{letter} \end{document}