Hard squares for z = -1

DOI10.1007/S00026-011-0089-2zbMATH Open1233.05021arXiv0709.4324OpenAlexW2144828998MaRDI QIDQ659632FDOQ659632

Authors: R. J. Baxter 

Publication date: 24 January 2012

Published in: Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The hard square model in statistical mechanics has been investigated for the case when the activity z is -1. For cyclic boundary conditions, the characteristic polynomial of the transfer matrix has an intriguingly simple structure, all the eigenvalues $x$ being zero, roots of unity, or solutions of x^3 = 4 cos^2 (pi*m/N). Here we tabulate the results for lattices of up to 12 columns with cyclic or free boundary conditions and the two obvious orientations. We remark that they are all unexpectedly simple and that for the rotated lattice with free or fixed boundary conditions there are obvious likely generalizations to any lattice size.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.4324

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zbMATH Keywords

lattice modelsstatistical mechanicstransfer matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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