Entropy and Boundary Conditions in Random Lozenge Tilings

Details Entropy and Boundary Conditions in Random Lozenge Tilings Entropy and Boundary Conditions in Random Lozenge Tilings

1998-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9804062v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

20 pages, LaTeX, 6 figures, submitted to J. Phys. A: Math. Gen

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The tilings of lozenges in 2 dimensions and of rhomboedra in 3 dimensions are studied when they are constrained by fixed boundary conditions. We establish a link between those conditions and free or periodic boundary ones: the entropy is written as a functional integral which is treated via a saddle-point method. Then we can exhibit the dominant states of the statistical ensemble of tilings and show that they can display a strong structural inhomogeneity caused by the boundary. This inhomogeneity is responsible for a difference of entropy between the studied fixed boundary tilings and free boundary ones. This method uses a representation of tilings by membranes embedded in a higher-dimensional hypercubic lattice. It is illustrated in the case of 60 degree lozenge tilings.

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