The James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Jun 25;104(25):257201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.257201.
Sorting the integers 1 through N into an ordered list is a simple task that can be done rapidly. However, using an algorithm based on the thermally activated pairwise exchanges of neighboring list elements, we find sorting can display many features of a glass, even for lists as small as N=5. This includes memory and rejuvenation effects during aging-two hallmarks of glassy dynamics that have been difficult to reproduce in standard glass simulations.
将整数 1 到 N 排序成有序列表是一项简单的任务，可以快速完成。然而，使用基于相邻列表元素热激活对交换的算法，我们发现排序可以显示出玻璃的许多特性，即使对于 N=5 这样小的列表也是如此。这包括老化过程中的记忆和恢复效应——这是玻璃动力学的两个标志，在标准玻璃模拟中很难再现。
