Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics
This text explores two-dimensional lattice models in statistical mechanics and illustrates methods for their solution. Comprehensive but concise, it indicates the routes between equations without superfluous details. Author R. J. Baxter is a fellow of the Royal Society of London and the Australian Academy of Science, as well as Emeritus Professor of the Mathematical Sciences Institute at Australian National University, Canberra. Professor Baxter has updated this edition with a new chapter covering recent developments.
Starting with a survey of basic statistical mechanics, the treatment proceeds to examinations of the one-dimensional Ising model, the mean field model, the Ising model on the Bethe lattice, and the spherical model. Subsequent chapters address duality and star-triangle transforms of planar Ising models, the square-lattice Ising model, ice-type models, and the square lattice eight-vertex model. Additional topics include the Kagomé lattice eight-vertex model, Potts and Ashkin-Teller models, Corner transfer matrices, hard hexagon and related models, and elliptic functions. Seventy-six figures illuminate the text.
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Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics
This text explores two-dimensional lattice models in statistical mechanics and illustrates methods for their solution. Comprehensive but concise, it indicates the routes between equations without superfluous details. Author R. J. Baxter is a fellow of the Royal Society of London and the Australian Academy of Science, as well as Emeritus Professor of the Mathematical Sciences Institute at Australian National University, Canberra. Professor Baxter has updated this edition with a new chapter covering recent developments.
Starting with a survey of basic statistical mechanics, the treatment proceeds to examinations of the one-dimensional Ising model, the mean field model, the Ising model on the Bethe lattice, and the spherical model. Subsequent chapters address duality and star-triangle transforms of planar Ising models, the square-lattice Ising model, ice-type models, and the square lattice eight-vertex model. Additional topics include the Kagomé lattice eight-vertex model, Potts and Ashkin-Teller models, Corner transfer matrices, hard hexagon and related models, and elliptic functions. Seventy-six figures illuminate the text.
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Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics

Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics

by Rodney J Baxter
Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics

Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics

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This text explores two-dimensional lattice models in statistical mechanics and illustrates methods for their solution. Comprehensive but concise, it indicates the routes between equations without superfluous details. Author R. J. Baxter is a fellow of the Royal Society of London and the Australian Academy of Science, as well as Emeritus Professor of the Mathematical Sciences Institute at Australian National University, Canberra. Professor Baxter has updated this edition with a new chapter covering recent developments.
Starting with a survey of basic statistical mechanics, the treatment proceeds to examinations of the one-dimensional Ising model, the mean field model, the Ising model on the Bethe lattice, and the spherical model. Subsequent chapters address duality and star-triangle transforms of planar Ising models, the square-lattice Ising model, ice-type models, and the square lattice eight-vertex model. Additional topics include the Kagomé lattice eight-vertex model, Potts and Ashkin-Teller models, Corner transfer matrices, hard hexagon and related models, and elliptic functions. Seventy-six figures illuminate the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486462714
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 01/11/2008
Series: Dover Books on Physics Series
Pages: 512
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rodney J. Baxter is Professor Emeritus at Australian National University, Canberra.

Table of Contents


Preface
1. Basic Statistical Mechanics
2. The One-dimensional Ising Model
3. The Mean Field Model
4. Ising Model on the Bethe Lattice
5. The Spherical Model
6. Duality and Star—Triangle Transformations of Planar Ising Models
7. Square-Lattice Ising Model
8. Ice-Type Models
9. Alternative Way of Solving the Ice-Type Models
10. Square Lattice Eight-Vertex Model
11. Kagomé Lattice Eight-Vertex Model
12. Potts and Ashkin-Teller Models
13. Corner Transfer Matrices
14. Hard Hexagon and Related Models
15. Elliptic Functions
16. Subsequent Developments
References
Supplementary References
Index
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