A method of calculation for the determinant of the Potts model transfer matrix
arXiv:cond-mat/0406501 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2004.07.006
Abstract
By using a decomposition of the transfer matrix of the two dimensional -state Potts Model to and its determinant is calculated. Our result is a proof for a conjectured formula by Chang and Shrock in [14].
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