A Pfaffian formula for the monomer-dimer model on surface graphs

DOI10.1007/S11005-018-1059-YzbMATH Open1392.82011arXiv1705.00992OpenAlexW3099003074MaRDI QIDQ723656FDOQ723656

Anh Minh Pham

Publication date: 24 July 2018

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the monomer-dimer model on weighted graphs embedded in surfaces with boundary, with the restriction that only monomers located on the boundary are allowed. We give a Pfaffian formula for the corresponding partition function, which generalises the one obtained by Giuliani, Jauslin and Lieb for graphs embedded in the disk. Our proof is based on an extension of a bijective method mentioned in their paper, together with the Pfaffian formula for the dimer partition function of Cimasoni-Reshetikhin.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00992

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zbMATH Keywords

partition functionPfaffianmonomer-dimer modelsurface graph

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.) (05C70) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

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