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We analyze the mixing time of a class of oriented kinetically constrained spin models (KCMs) on a d-dimensional lattice of $n^d$ sites. A typical example is the North-East model, a 0-1 spin system on the two-dimensional integer lattice that…
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This note introduces the double flip move for accelerating the Swendsen-Wang algorithm for Ising models with mixed boundary conditions below the critical temperature. The double flip move consists of a geometric flip of the spin lattice…
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Introduced in 1963, Glauber dynamics is one of the most practiced and extensively studied methods for sampling the Ising model on lattices. It is well known that at high temperatures, the time it takes this chain to mix in $L^1$ on a system…
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