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The genus-zero five-vertex model

Probability 2023-02-22 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study the free energy and limit shape problem for the five-vertex model with periodic "genus zero" weights. We derive the exact phase diagram, free energy and surface tension for this model. We show that its surface tension has trivial potential and use this to give explicit parameterizations of limit shapes.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2101.04195,
  title  = {The genus-zero five-vertex model},
  author = {Richard Kenyon and István Prause},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.04195},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

28 pages, accepted version

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