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The Pfaffian solution of a dimer-monomer problem: Single monomer on the boundary

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-11 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We consider the dimer-monomer problem for the rectangular lattice. By mapping the problem into one of close-packed dimers on an extended lattice, we rederive the Tzeng-Wu solution for a single monomer on the boundary by evaluating a Pfaffian. We also clarify the mathematical content of the Tzeng-Wu solution by identifying it as the product of the nonzero eigenvalues of the Kasteleyn matrix.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0607647,
  title  = {The Pfaffian solution of a dimer-monomer problem: Single monomer on the boundary},
  author = {F. Y. Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0607647},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 Pages to appear in the Physical Review E (2006)