The covariance matrix of the Potts model: a random cluster analysis.

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Abstract: We consider the covariance matrix Gmn(xy) of the d-dimensional q-states Potts model, rewriting it in terms of the connectivity, the finite-cluster connectivity and the infinite-cluster covariance in the random cluster repre- sentation of Fortuin and Kasteleyn. In any of the q ordered phases, we show that the matrix Gmn(xy) has one tivial eigenvalue 0, one simple eigen- value Gwir(1)(xy) and one (q2)-fold degenerate eigenvalue Gwir(2)(xy). Furthermore, we identify the eigenvalues both in terms of representations of the unbroken symmetry group of the model, and in terms of connectivities and cluster covariances, thereby attributing algebraic signifi- cance to these stochastic geometric quantities. In addition to establishing the existence of the correlation lengths xiwir(1) and xiwir(2) corresponding to Gwir(1)(xy) and Gwir(2)(xy), we show that for all inverse tempera- tures . For dimension d=2 and qgeq1, we establish a duality relation between xiwir(2) and xifree, the correlation length of the two-point function with free boundary conditions: We show for all , where is the dual inverse temperature and is the self-dual point. In order to prove the above results, we introduce two new inequalities. The first is similar to the FKG inequality, but holds for events which are neither increasing nor decreasing, and replaces independence in the standard percolation model; the second replaces the van den Berg - Kesten inequality.









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