A Pfaffian formula for monomer-dimer partition functions
Alessandro Giuliani, Ian Jauslin, Elliott H. Lieb
2015
Abstract
We consider the monomer-dimer partition function on arbitrary finite planar graphs and arbitrary monomer and dimer weights, with the restriction that the only non-zero monomer weights are those on the boundary. We prove a Pfaffian formula for the corresponding partition function. As a consequence of this result, multipoint boundary monomer correlation functions at close packing are shown to satisfy fermionic statistics. Our proof is based on the celebrated Kasteleyn theorem, combined with a theorem on Pfaffians proved by one of the authors, and a careful labeling and directing procedure of the vertices and edges of the graph.
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- arXiv preprint: arXiv:1510.05027.
- peer-reviewed version, published in the Journal of Statistical Physics, Volume 163, issue 2, page 211-238, doi:10.1007/s10955-016-1484-1
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[Tr16]: A Pfaffian formula for monomer-dimer partition functions
Geometric and Analytic Theory of Hamiltonian Systems in Finite and Infinite Dimensions, SISSA, Trieste, Italy, Jan 19 2016
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[Co16]: A Pfaffian formula for monomer-dimer partition functions
University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan 13 2016
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