Abstract
In statistical mechanics one is interested in the globally observable properties of a system with an enormous number of degrees of freedom. One approach to the analysis of such systems is to define simplistic mathematical models which can be calculated exactly. The first example is the Ising model, solved by Onsager in 1944. A state of the system is defined by a configuration of + and − signs (spins) at the vertices of a square lattice in the plane. Each edge of the lattice is to be thought of as an interaction and contributes an energy E(σ, σ′) to the total energy where σ, σ′ are the spins at the ends of the edge.
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Jones, V.F.R. (1990). Baxterization. In: Chau, LL., Nahm, W. (eds) Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics. NATO ASI Series, vol 245. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9148-7_2
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