A Lattice Spanning-Tree Entropy Function

Abstract

The function $$W(aq,b)=\int {\int }_0^{2\pi }\ln [1-a\cos x-b\cos y-(1-a-b)\cos (x+y)]dxdy$$ which expresses the spanning-tree entropy for various two dimensional lattices, for example, is evaluated directly in terms of standard functions. It is applied to derive several limiting values of the triangular lattice Green function.

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