Quasi-polynomial mixing of the 2D stochastic Ising model with ``plus'' boundary up to criticality (Q1940817)

One of the most fundamental problems (not yet solved) in the study of the stochastic Ising model is the understanding of the system's behaviour in the phase-coexistence region under homogeneous boundary condition. Among all related questions is the determination of upper bound on the mixing at the phase-coexistence region under the all-plus boundary. Some estimates have been previously derived and here one improves these results into an upper bound of logarithm order \((\log L)\) on the mixing-time (i.e. quasi-polynomial in the side-length \(L\)). The framework refers mainly to the Glauber dynamics for the Ising model.