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@@ -52,11 +52,15 @@ replica-symmetry breaking scheme that is well-defined, and corresponds directly
to the topological characteristics of those minima.
-A more general question, of interest in optimization problems, is how to define a `threshold level'. This notion was introduced in Ref \cite{cugliandolo1993analytical} in the context of the $p$-spin model, as the energy at which the constant energy patches of phase-space percolate - hence
-explaining why dynamics should relax to that level.
+Perhaps the most interesting application of this computation is in the context of
+optimization problems, see for example \cite{gamarnik2021overlap,alaoui2022sampling,huang2021tight}. A question
+that appears there is how to define a `threshold level'. This notion was introduced \cite{cugliandolo1993analytical} in the context of the $p$-spin model, as the energy at which the patches of the same energy in phase-space percolate - hence
+explaining why dynamics never go below that level.
The notion of a `threshold' for more complex landscapes has later been
-attempted several times, never to our knowledge in a clear and unambiguous
-way. One of the purposes of this paper is to
+invoked several times, never to our knowledge in a clear and unambiguous
+way. One of the purposes of this paper is to give a sufficiently detailed
+characterization of a general landscape so that a meaningful general notion
+of threshold may be introduced - if this is at all possible.
\section{The model}
@@ -967,9 +971,9 @@ P(q)=\frac1{\mathcal N^2}\sum_{\mathbf s_1\in\mathcal S}\sum_{\mathbf s_2\in\mat
{\em This is the probability that two stationary points randomly drawn from the ensemble
of stationary points happen to be at overlap $q$}
-It is
-straightforward to show that moments of this distribution are related to
-certain averages of the form. These are evaluated for a given energy, index, etc, but
+%It is straightforward to show that moments of this distribution are related to
+%certain averages of the form.
+These are evaluated for a given energy, index, etc, but
we shall omit these subindices for simplicity.
\begin{equation}
@@ -1026,8 +1030,8 @@ Consider two independent pure $p$ spin models $H_{p_1}({\mathbf s})$ and $H_{p_2
{\mathbf \sigma} \cdot {\mathbf s}$.
The complexities are
\begin{eqnarray}
- e^{N\Sigma(e)}&=&\int de_1 de_2 \; e^{N[ \Sigma_1(e_1) + \Sigma_2(e_2) + O(\varepsilon) -\lambda N [(e_1+e_2)-e]}\nonumber \\
- e^{-G(\hat \beta)}&=&\int de de_1 de_2 \; e^{N[-\hat \beta e+ \Sigma_1(e_1) + \Sigma_2(e_2) + O(\varepsilon) -\lambda N [(e_1+e_2)-e]}
+ e^{N\Sigma(e)}&=&\int de_1 de_2 d\lambda \; e^{N[ \Sigma_1(e_1) + \Sigma_2(e_2) + O(\varepsilon) -\lambda N [(e_1+e_2)-e]}\nonumber \\
+ e^{-G(\hat \beta)}&=&\int de de_1 de_2 d\lambda\; e^{N[-\hat \beta e+ \Sigma_1(e_1) + \Sigma_2(e_2) + O(\varepsilon) -\lambda N [(e_1+e_2)-e]}
\end{eqnarray}
The maximum is given by $\Sigma_1'=\Sigma_2'=\hat \beta$, provided it occurs in the phase
in which both $\Sigma_1$ and $\Sigma_2$ are non-zero. The two systems are `thermalized',