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A Combinatorial Interpretation of the Free Fermion Condition of the Six-Vertex Model
The free fermion condition of the six-vertex model provides a 5 parameter
sub-manifold on which the Bethe Ansatz equations for the wavenumbers that enter
into the eigenfunctions of the transfer matrices of the model decouple, hence
allowing explicit solutions. Such conditions arose originally in early
field-theoretic S-matrix approaches. Here we provide a combinatorial
explanation for the condition in terms of a generalised Gessel-Viennot
involution. By doing so we extend the use of the Gessel-Viennot theorem,
originally devised for non-intersecting walks only, to a special weighted type
of \emph{intersecting} walk, and hence express the partition function of
such walks starting and finishing at fixed endpoints in terms of the single
walk partition functions
Two operators on sandpile configurations, the sandpile model on the complete bipartite graph, and a Cyclic Lemma
We introduce two operators on stable configurations of the sandpile model
that provide an algorithmic bijection between recurrent and parking
configurations. This bijection preserves their equivalence classes with respect
to the sandpile group. The study of these operators in the special case of the
complete bipartite graph naturally leads to a generalization of the
well known Cyclic Lemma of Dvoretsky and Motzkin, via pairs of periodic
bi-infinite paths in the plane having slightly different slopes. We achieve our
results by interpreting the action of these operators as an action on a point
in the grid which is pointed to by one of these pairs of paths.
Our Cyclic lemma allows us to enumerate several classes of polyominoes, and
therefore builds on the work of Irving and Rattan (2009), Chapman et al.
(2009), and Bonin et al. (2003).Comment: 28 page
Higher connectivity of fiber graphs of Gr\"obner bases
Fiber graphs of Gr\"obner bases from contingency tables are important in
statistical hypothesis testing, where one studies random walks on these graphs
using the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. The connectivity of the graphs has
implications on how fast the algorithm converges. In this paper, we study a
class of fiber graphs with elementary combinatorial techniques and provide
results that support a recent conjecture of Engstr\"om: the connectivity is
given by the minimum vertex degree.Comment: 18 pages. Minor revision
Spacetime Approach to Phase Transitions
In these notes, the application of Feynman's sum-over-paths approach to
thermal phase transitions is discussed. The paradigm of such a spacetime
approach to critical phenomena is provided by the high-temperature expansion of
spin models. This expansion, known as the hopping expansion in the context of
lattice field theory, yields a geometric description of the phase transition in
these models, with the thermal critical exponents being determined by the
fractal structure of the high-temperature graphs. The graphs percolate at the
thermal critical point and can be studied using purely geometrical observables
known from percolation theory. Besides the phase transition in spin models and
in the closely related theory, other transitions discussed from this
perspective include Bose-Einstein condensation, and the transitions in the
Higgs model and the pure U(1) gauge theory.Comment: 59 pages, 18 figures. Write-up of Ising Lectures presented at the
National Academy of Sciences, Lviv, Ukraine, 2004. 2nd version: corrected
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Monopole currents and Dirac sheets in U(1) lattice gauge theory
We show that the phases of the 4-dimensional compact U(1) lattice gauge
theory are unambiguously characterized by the topological properties of minimal
Dirac sheets as well as of monopole currents lines. We obtain the minimal
sheets by a simulated-annealing procedure. Our results indicate that the
equivalence classes of sheet structures are the physical relevant quantities
and that intersections are not important. In conclusion we get a
percolation-type view of the phases which holds beyond the particular boundary
conditions used.Comment: 13 pages, latex, 5 figures include
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