2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/16428A lecture notes style review of the equilibrium statistical mechanics of recurrent neural networks with discrete and continuous neurons (e.g. Ising, coupled-oscillators). To be published in the Handbook of Biological Physics (North-Holland). Accompanied by a similar review (part II) dealing with the dynamics.49 pages, LaTeXDisordered Systems and Neural NetworksQuantitative Biologytext