The self-dual point of the two-dimensional random-cluster model is critical for \(q \geqslant 1\) (Q714958)

The random-cluster model on a finite connected graph is a model on the edges of the graph, each one being either closed or open with the edge-weight \(p\in [0,1]\) and the cluster-weight \(q\in (0,\infty)\). The authors prove a long-standing conjecture on random-cluster models, namely that the critical point for such models with a parameter \(q\geq 1\) on \(\mathbb{Z}^2\) is equal to the self-dual point \(p_{sd}(q)=\sqrt{q}/(1+\sqrt{q})\).