The Pfaffian sign theorem for the dimer model on a triangular lattice

DOI10.1007/S10955-018-2007-ZzbMATH Open1395.82037arXiv1711.00032OpenAlexW3101255923WikidataQ130096215 ScholiaQ130096215MaRDI QIDQ721780FDOQ721780

Authors: Brad Elwood, Dražen Petrović, Pavel M. Bleher 

Publication date: 20 July 2018

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

Abstract: We prove the Pfaffian Sign Theorem for the dimer model on a triangular lattice embedded in the torus. More specifically, we prove that the Pfaffian of the Kasteleyn periodic-periodic matrix is negative, while the Pfaffians of the Kasteleyn periodic-antiperiodic, antiperiodic-periodic, and antiperiodic-antiperiodic matrices are all positive. The proof is based on the Kasteleyn identities and on small weight expansions. As an application, we obtain an asymptotics of the dimer model partition function with an exponentially small error term.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.00032

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zbMATH Keywords

periodic boundary conditionsexact solutionPfaffiandimer modeltriangular lattice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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