A bijectional attack on the Razumov-Stroganov conjecture

Abstract

We attempt to prove the Razumov-Stroganov conjecture using a bijectional approach. We have been unsuccessful but we believe the techniques we present can be used to prove the conjecture.

9 pages, 2 figures

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