Characterization of Lee-Yang polynomials

Details Characterization of Lee-Yang polynomials Characterization of Lee-Yang polynomials

2008-11-09

arxiv.org/abs/0811.1327v1

Physics

Mathematical Physics

14 pages

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The Lee-Yang circle theorem describes complex polynomials of degree $n$ in $z$ with all their zeros on the unit circle $|z|=1$. These polynomials are obtained by taking $z_1=...=z_n=z$ in certain multiaffine polynomials $\Psi(z_1,...,z_n)$ which we call Lee-Yang polynomials (they do not vanish when $|z_1|,...,|z_n|<1$ or $|z_1|,...,|z_n|>1$). We characterize the Lee-Yang polynomials $\Psi$ in $n+1$ variables in terms of polynomials $\Phi$ in $n$ variables (those such that $\Phi(z_1,...,z_n)\ne0$ when $|z_1|,...,|z_n|<1$). This characterization gives us a good understanding of Lee-Yang polynomials and allows us to exhibit some new examples. In the physical situation where the $\Psi$ are temperature dependent partition functions, we find that those $\Psi$ which are Lee-Yang polynomials for all temperatures are precisely the polynomials with pair interactions originally considered by Lee and Yang.

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