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Researcher Prepares Hacker's Guide to Replica Method for ML Theory

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dohmatobelvis
Elvis Dohmatob#1782@DOHMATOBELVIS

In preparation: A Hacker's Guide to the Replica Method I recently learned the replica method (the magic weapon of physicists who do ML theory) and managed to rederive some of my own results with this approach. Rough journey, but I think I'm now very comfortable with the method.

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REPLYQuentin Berthet#1601Quentin Berthet@QBERTHET

@dohmatobelvis Looking forward to this!

I tried reading the available texts on this topic several times, but always got confused and lost in the notation very quickly.

Had recently thought of trying to re-understand it with an LLM but didn't have the time.

Elvis DohmatobElvis Dohmatob@dohmatobelvis

In preparation: A Hacker's Guide to the Replica Method I recently learned the replica method (the magic weapon of physicists who do ML theory) and managed to rederive some of my own results with this approach. Rough journey, but I think I'm now very comfortable with the method.

5:32 PM · May 15, 2026 · 16.3K Views
8:57 PM · May 15, 2026 · 1K Views
ORIGINAL POSTElvis Dohmatob#1782Elvis Dohmatob@DOHMATOBELVIS

In preparation: A Hacker's Guide to the Replica Method

I recently learned the replica method (the magic weapon of physicists who do ML theory) and managed to rederive some of my own results with this approach. Rough journey, but I think I'm now very comfortable with the method.

5:32 PM · May 15, 2026 · 16.3K Views
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