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An integral arising from the chiral sl(n) Potts model

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-11 v1 Statistical Mechanics math.MP Number Theory

Abstract

We show that the integral J(t)=(1/π3)0π0π0πdxdydzlog(tcosxcosycosz+cosxcosycosz)J(t) = (1/\pi^3) \int_0^\pi \int_0^\pi \int_0^\pi dx dy dz \log(t - \cos{x} - \cos{y} - \cos{z} + \cos{x}\cos{y}\cos{z}), can be expressed in terms of 5F4{_5F_4} hypergeometric functions. The integral arises in the solution by Baxter and Bazhanov of the free-energy of the sl(n)sl(n) Potts model, which includes the term J(2)J(2). Our result immediately gives the logarithmic Mahler measure of the Laurent polynomial k(x+1/x)(y+1/y)(z+1/z)+1/4(x+1/x)(y+1/y)(z+1/z)k - (x+1/x) - (y+1/y) - (z+1/z) + 1/4(x+1/x) (y+1/y) (z+1/z) in terms of the same hypergeometric functions.

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@article{arxiv.1208.3345,
  title  = {An integral arising from the chiral sl(n) Potts model},
  author = {Anthony J. Guttmann and Mathew D. Rogers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.3345},
  year   = {2015}
}