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Domain wall partition functions and KP

Mathematical Physics 2009-03-11 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We observe that the partition function of the six vertex model on a finite square lattice with domain wall boundary conditions is (a restriction of) a KP tau function and express it as an expectation value of charged free fermions (up to an overall normalization).

Cite

@article{arxiv.0901.2251,
  title  = {Domain wall partition functions and KP},
  author = {O Foda and M Wheeler and M Zuparic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.2251},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages, LaTeX2e

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