Functional relations on anisotropic Potts models: from Biggs formula to the tetrahedron equation (Q2023416)

In this present paper, the authors deal with the Biggs formalism in the Ising and Potts type models. The authors define the anisotropic Biggs model on an undirected graph \(G\) with the set of edges \(E\) and the set of vertices \(V\). Also, the authors define the main recurrence relations and also identify the Tutte polynomial with the Potts model. They apply the Biggs formula to the proof of theorem of Matiyasevich. The authors study the recursion of the Potts model with respect to the parameter \(n\). The authors obtain the partition function of the anisotropic \(n\)-Potts models in the so-called Fortuin-Kasteleyn representation. The boundary partition function of the \(n\)-Potts models is introduced. In the case \(n = 2\), the authors obtain some conditions ensuring that the given partition function is invariant under the star-triangle transformation. Then, the authors show how the method works for the star-triangle transformation in the case \(n\geq 3\). The authors show that the Potts model is invariant with respect to the star-triangle transformation given by the orthogonal solution for the local Yang-Baxter equation and the corresponding solution for the Zamolodchikov tetrahedron equation in the case of \(n = 2\). The authors prove that the Biggs formula on the set of multivariate Tutte polynomials commutes with the star-triangle transformation.