Exact Results for Average Cluster Numbers in Bond Percolation on Infinite-Length Lattice Strips

Abstract

We calculate exact analytic expressions for the average cluster numbers $⟨k{⟩}_{{\Lambda }_s}$ on infinite-length strips ${\Lambda }_s$, with various widths, of several different lattices, as functions of the bond occupation probability, $p$. It is proved that these expressions are rational functions of $p$. As special cases of our results, we obtain exact values of $⟨k{⟩}_{{\Lambda }_s}$ and derivatives of $⟨k{⟩}_{{\Lambda }_s}$ with respect to $p$, evaluated at the critical percolation probabilities $p_{c,\Lambda }$ for the corresponding infinite two-dimensional lattices $\Lambda$. We compare these exact results with an analytic finite-size correction formula and find excellent agreement. We also analyze how unphysical poles in $⟨k{⟩}_{{\Lambda }_s}$ determine the radii of convergence of series expansions for small $p$ and for $p$ near to unity. Our calculations are performed for infinite-length strips of the square, triangular, and honeycomb lattices with several types of transverse boundary conditions.

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