The Wulff construction in three and more dimensions (Q1969242)

The author proves the Wulff construction in three and more dimensions for an Ising model with nearest neighbor interaction. The proof follows the strategy of earlier work [\textit{O. Benois, T. Bodineau, T. Buttà} and \textit{E. Presutti}, Markov Process. Relat. Fields 3, 175-198 (1997; Zbl 0910.60014)] where a coarse graining procedure was used to calculate the surface tension in the Kac limit of infinite interaction range. Using the FK representation of the Ising model these renormalization ideas are adapted to the case of nearest neighbor interactions. The general strategy of the proof appears to be applicable also in two dimensions, but the coarse graining procedure used in the paper [introduced by \textit{A. Pisztora}, Probab. Theory Relat. Fields 104, 427-466 (1996; Zbl 0842.60022)] limits the validity of the proof to three and more dimensions.