Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics

Thistextexplorestwo-dimensionallatticemodelsinstatisticalmechanicsandillustratesmethodsfortheirsolution.Comprehensivebutconcise,itindicatestheroutesbetweenequationswithoutsuperfluousdetails.AuthorR.J.BaxterisafellowoftheRoyalSocietyofLondonandtheAustralianAcademyofScience,aswellasEmeritusProfessoroftheMathematicalSciencesInstituteatAustralianNationalUniversity,Canberra.ProfessorBaxterhasupdatedthiseditionwithanewchaptercoveringrecentdevelopments.Startingwithasurveyofbasicstatisticalmechanics,thetreatmentproceedstoexaminationsoftheone-dimensionalIsingmodel,themeanfieldmodel,theIsingmodelontheBethelattice,andthesphericalmodel.Subsequentchaptersaddressdualityandstar-triangletransformsofplanarIsingmodels,thesquare-latticeIsingmodel,ice-typemodels,andthesquarelatticeeight-vertexmodel.AdditionaltopicsincludetheKagomélatticeeight-vertexmodel,PottsandAshkin-Tellermodels,Cornertransfermatrices,hardhexagonandrelatedmodels,andellipticfunctions.Seventy-sixfiguresilluminatethetext.