Exact results on Potts model partition functions in a generalized external field and weighted-set graph colorings

DOI10.1007/S10955-010-0089-3zbMATH Open1205.82058arXiv1009.1182OpenAlexW2038162433MaRDI QIDQ616248FDOQ616248

Yan Xu, Robert Shrock

Publication date: 7 January 2011

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present exact results on the partition function of the $q$-state Potts model on various families of graphs $G$ in a generalized external magnetic field that favors or disfavors spin values in a subset $I_s=1,\mathrm{...},s$ of the total set of possible spin values, $Z(G,q,s,v,w)$, where $v$ and $w$ are temperature- and field-dependent Boltzmann variables. We remark on differences in thermodynamic behavior between our model with a generalized external magnetic field and the Potts model with a conventional magnetic field that favors or disfavors a single spin value. Exact results are also given for the interesting special case of the zero-temperature Potts antiferromagnet, corresponding to a set-weighted chromatic polynomial $Ph(G,q,s,w)$ that counts the number of colorings of the vertices of $G$ subject to the condition that colors of adjacent vertices are different, with a weighting $w$ that favors or disfavors colors in the interval $I_s$. We derive powerful new upper and lower bounds on $Z(G,q,s,v,w)$ for the ferromagnetic case in terms of zero-field Potts partition functions with certain transformed arguments. We also prove general inequalities for $Z(G,q,s,v,w)$ on different families of tree graphs. As part of our analysis, we elucidate how the field-dependent Potts partition function and weighted-set chromatic polynomial distinguish, respectively, between Tutte-equivalent and chromatically equivalent pairs of graphs.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1182

zbMATH Keywords

Potts model in an external fieldweighted-set graph colorings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40)

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