Improved mixing bounds for the anti-ferromagnetic Potts model on Z^2

Details Improved mixing bounds for the anti-ferromagnetic Potts model on Z^2 Improved mixing bounds for the anti-ferromagnetic Potts model on Z^2

2005-07-27

arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0507067v3

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Mathematical Physics

21 pages

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We consider the anti-ferromagnetic Potts model on the the integer lattice Z^2. The model has two parameters, q, the number of spins, and \lambda=\exp(-\beta), where \beta is ``inverse temperature''. It is known that the model has strong spatial mixing if q>7 or if q=7 and \lambda=0 or \lambda > 1/8 or if q=6 and \lambda=0 or \lambda > 1/4. The lambda=0 case corresponds to the model in which configurations are proper q-colourings of Z^2. We show that the system has strong spatial mixing for q >= 6 and any \lambda. This implies that Glauber dynamics is rapidly mixing (so there is a fully-polynomial randomised approximation scheme for the partition function) and also that there is a unique infinite-volume Gibbs state. We also show that strong spatial mixing occurs for a larger range of \lambda than was previously known for q = 3, 4 and 5.

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