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Binary linear codes via 4D discrete Ihara-Selberg function

Combinatorics 2016-09-20 v3

Abstract

We express the weight enumerator of each binary linear code, in particular the Ising partition function of an arbitrary finite graph, as a formal infinite product. An analogous result was obtained by Feynman and Sherman in the beginning of the 1960's for the special case of the Ising partition function of planar graphs. A product expression is an important step towards understanding the logarithm of the Ising partition function, for general graphs and in particular for cubic 3D lattices.

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@article{arxiv.1503.02525,
  title  = {Binary linear codes via 4D discrete Ihara-Selberg function},
  author = {Martin Loebl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.02525},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

The third version contains several small updates suggested by reviewers

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