Equivalence of the Two Results for the Free Energy of the Chiral Potts Model

The free energy of the chiral Potts model has been obtained in two ways. The first used only the star-triangle relation, symmetries, and invariances, and led to a system of equations that implicitly define the free energy, and from which the critical behavior can be obtained The second used the functional relations derived by Bazhanov and Stroganov, solving them to obtain the free energy explicitly as a double integral. Here we obtain, for the first time, a direct verification that the two results are identical at all temperatures.     

三维精确可解统计模型──Baxter－Bazhanov模型的可积性条件

从手征Ｐｏｔｔｓ模型推导出三维精确可解Ｂａｘｔｅｒ－Ｂａｚｈａｎｏｖ模型的“可逆性”及“星一方”关系,从而说明其可积性条件──四面体方程是手征Ｐｏｔｔｓ模型星──三角关系的一个结论．若把玻尔兹曼权参变数表示为Ｚａｍｏｌｏｄｃｈｉｋｏｖ角变量形式,其附加条件自然成立．值得指出的是,由本文处理方法可以得出三维可解统计模型的星－三角关系,它包含了Ｂａｚｈａｎｏｖ和Ｂａｘｔｅｒ的结论．     

Decorated star-triangle relations and exact integrability of the one-dimensional Hubbard model

The exact integrability of the one-dimensional Hubbard model is demonstrated with the help of a novel set of triangle relations, the decorated star-triangle relations. The covering two-dimensional statistical mechanical model obeys the star-triangle or Yang-Baxter relation. A conjecture is presented for the eigenvalues of the transfer matrix.     

Yang-Baxter and other relations for free-fermion and Ising models

Eight-vertex, free fermion, and Ising models are formulated using a convention that emphasizes the algebra of the local transition operators that arise in the quantum inverse method. Equivalent classes of models, are investigated, with particular emphasis on the role of the star-triangle relations. Using these results, a natural and symmetrical parametrization is introduced and Yang-Baxter relations are constructed in an elementary way. The paper concludes with a consideration of duality, which links the present work to a recent paper of Baxter on the free fermion model.     

Star-triangle relation for a three-dimensional model

The solvablesl(n)-chiral Potts model can be interpreted as a three-dimensional lattice model with local interactions. To within a minor modification of the boundary conditions it is an Ising-type model on the body-centered cubic lattice with two- and three-spin interactions. The corresponding local Boltzmann weights obey a number of simple relations, including a restricted star-triangle relation, which is a modified version of the well-known star-triangle relation appearing in two-dimensional models. We show that these relations lead to remarkable symmetry properties of the Boltzmann weight function of an elementary cube of the lattice, related to the spatial symmetry group of the cubic lattice. These symmetry properties allow one to prove the commutativity of the row-to-row transfer matrices, bypassing the tetrahedron relation. The partition function per site for the infinite lattice is calculated exactly.On leave of absence from the Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Moscow Region, 142284, Russia.     

Baxter operators for arbitrary spin II

This paper presents the second part of our study devoted to the construction of Baxter operators for the homogeneous closed XXX spin chain with the quantum space carrying infinite or finite-dimensional s?₂ representations. We consider the Baxter operators used in Bazhanov et al. (1996, 1997, 1999, 2010) [1] and [2], formulate their construction uniformly with the construction of our previous paper. The building blocks of all global chain operators are derived from the general Yang-Baxter operators and all operator relations are derived from general Yang-Baxter relations. This leads naturally to the comparison of both constructions and allows to connect closely the treatment of the cases of infinite-dimensional representation of generic spin and finite-dimensional representations of integer or half-integer spin. We prove not only the relations between the operators but present also their explicit forms and expressions for their action on polynomials representing the quantum states.     

Some remarks on the differential approach to the star-triangle relation

Some working hypotheses are proposed to solve the star-triangle relation by the differential method. They are applied to and checked by three-and four-state IRF model with a symmetry condition. Several solutions involving elliptic or trigonometric functions are presented.     

Integrable boundary Boltzmann weights and surface free energy inversion relations of the chiral Potts model

The integrability of the chiral Potts model with boundaries is considered in this paper. The boundary star-triangle relation determining the boundary Boltzmann weights for the chiral Potts model is presented. By solving the boundary star-triangle relation the boundary Boltzmann weights are obtained. The fusion procedure is then applied to derive the functional relations of the transfer matrices of the model with boundaries. From these functional relations the inversion relations of the surface free energies are extracted when the system size is big enough. Surprisingly, the inversion relation of the local surface free energy is as simple as those of other non-chiral models, but it has still to be solved.     

On the Lagrangian Structure of Integrable Quad-Equations

The new idea of flip invariance of action functionals in multidimensional lattices was recently highlighted as a key feature of discrete integrable systems. Flip invariance was proved for several particular cases of integrable quad-equations by Bazhanov, Mangazeev and Sergeev and by Lobb and Nijhoff. We provide a simple and case-independent proof for all integrable quad-equations. Moreover, we find a new relation for Lagrangians within one elementary quadrilateral which seems to be a fundamental building block of the various versions of flip invariance.     

Free energy of the solvable chiral Potts model

Very recently, it has been shown that there are chiralN-state Potts models in statistical mechanics that satisfy the star-triangle relation. Here it is shown that the relation implies that the free energy (and its derivatives) satisfies certain functional relations. These can be used to obtain the free energy: in particular, we expand about the critical case and find that the exponent is 1–2/N.     

On discrete three-dimensional equations associated with the local Yang-Baxter relation

The local Yang-Baxter equation (YBE), introduced by Maillet and Nijhoff, is a proper generalization to three dimensions of the zero curvature relation. Recently, Korepanov has constructed an infinite set of integrable three-dimensional lattice models, and has related them to solutions to the local YBE. The simplest Korepanov model is related to the star-triangle relation in the Ising model. In this Letter the corresponding discrete equation is derived. In the continuous limit it leads to a differential three-dimensional equation, which is symmetric with respect to all permutations of the three coordinates. A similar analysis of the star-triangle transformation in electric networks leads to the discrete bilinear equation of Miwa, associated with the BKP hierarchy.Some related operator solutions to the tetrahedron equation are also constructed.St. Petersburg Branch of the Steklov Mathematical Institute, Fontanka 27, St. Petersburg 191011, RussiaURA 14-36 du CNRS, associée à l'ENS de Lyon, au LAPP d'Annecy et à l Universitè de Savoie, France     

The duality transformation for the IRF models

A systematic method of performing the duality transformation for the IRF models is proposed. This is an extension of the Stephen-Mittag method to the general case. It is found that the duality transformation is closely related to the star-triangle relation.     

Square lattice variational approximations applied to the Ising model

The variational method developed by Baxter is applied to the zero-field Ising model on the square lattice. The problem is simplified to that of solving a relatively small system of nonlinear equations. The estimates to the spontaneous magnetization and the critical temperature from the sequence of variational approximations are obtained. The results converge rapidly to the exact ones. They exhibit a crossover phenomenon and satisfy a scaling relation.     

Some comments on the solvable chiral potts model

We present a simple proof of the conjecture produced by Baxter, Perk and Au-Yang on the structure of the normalization factorR(p, q, r) corresponding to their new solution of the star-triangle equation related with the generalized Fermat curve. Some important properties of the underlying curvex ^N y ^N+x ^N+y ^N+1/k ²=0 for theN=3 state case are also established. Particularly, we calculate exactly its matrix of theb-periods for some normalized basis of holomorphic differentials. We also show that associated four-dimensional theta function may be decomposed into a sum containing 12 terms, each term being the product of four one-dimensional theta functions. We also derive Picard-Fuchs equations for the periods of holomorphic differentials of the same curve. The remarkable appearance of the hypergeometric functions in our answers seems to be closely related with an expression for the groundstate energy per site, obtained for the superintegrable case by Albertini, Perk, and McCoy and independently by Baxter, although for a moment the connection is not clear.     

External leg amputation in conformal-invariant three-point function

Amputation of external legs is carried out explicitly for the conformal-invariant three-point function involving two spinors and one vector field. Our results are consistent with the general result that amputating an external leg in a conformal-invariant Green function replaces a field by its conformal partner in the Green function. A new star-triangle relation, involving two spinors and one vector field, is derived and used for the calculation.     

Loday-Type Algebras and the Rota–Baxter Relation

In this brief Letter, we would like to report on an observation concerning the relation between Rota–Baxter operators and Loday-type algebras, i.e. dendriform di- and tri-algebras. It is shown that associative algebras equipped with a Rota–Baxter operator of arbitrary weight always give such dendriform structures.     

Functional Relations and Bethe Ansatz for the XXZ Chain

There is an approach due to Bazhanov and Reshetikhin for solving integrable RSOS models which consists of solving the functional relations which result from the truncation of the fusion hierarchy. We demonstrate that this is also an effective means of solving integrable vertex models. Indeed, we use this method to recover the known Bethe Ansatz solutions of both the closed and open XXZ quantum spin chains with U(1) symmetry. Moreover, since this method does not rely on the existence of a pseudovacuum state, we also use this method to solve a special case of the open XXZ chain with nondiagonal boundary terms.     

Refined functional relations for the elliptic SOS model

In this work we refine the method presented in Galleas (2012) [1] and obtain a novel kind of functional equation determining the partition function of the elliptic SOS model with domain wall boundaries. This functional relation arises from the dynamical Yang–Baxter relation and its solution is given in terms of multiple contour integrals.     

Surface Critical Behavior of Two-Dimensional Dilute Ising Models

Ising models with nearest neighbor ferromagnetic random couplings on a square lattice with a (1, 1) surface are studied, using Monte Carlo techniques and a star-triangle transformation method. In particular, the critical exponent of the surface magnetization is found to be close to that of the perfect model, Β₁ = 1/2. The crossover from surface to bulk critical properties is discussed.     

Corner transfer matrices of the chiral Potts model. II. The triangular lattice

We consider a two-dimensional edge-interaction model satisfying the star-triangle relations. For the triangular lattice, the corner transfer matrices are functions of three rapidities: we show that they possess various factorization properties and satisfy certain equations. We indicate how these equations can be solved for the Ising model. We then consider the three-state chiral Potts model and obtain low-temperature solutions to the equations. The conjectured formula for the order parameter (the spontaneous magnetization) is verified to one more order in a series expansion.