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Wulff construction in statistical mechanics and in combinatorics

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-26 v1 Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

We present the geometric solutions to some variational problems of statistical mechanics and combinatorics. Together with the Wulff construction, which predicts the shape of the crystals, we discuss the construction which exhibits the shape of a typical Young diagram and of a typical skyscraper.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0010039,
  title  = {Wulff construction in statistical mechanics and in combinatorics},
  author = {Senya Shlosman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0010039},
  year   = {2015}
}

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