Corner transfer matrices in statistical mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
Corner transfer matrices are a useful tool in the statistical mechanics of simple two-dimensinal models. They can be very effective way of obtaining series expansions of unsolved models, and of calculating the order parameters of solved ones. Here we review these features and discuss the reason why the method fails to give the order parameter of the chiral Potts model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0611167,
title = {Corner transfer matrices in statistical mechanics},
author = {R. J. Baxter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0611167},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
18 pages, 4 figures, for Proceedings of Conference on Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations. (SIDE VII), Melbourne, July 2006