Transfer matrix functional relations for the generalized t2 (tq) model

Baxter, Rodney

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Transfer matrix functional relations for the generalized t2 (tq) model

Date

2004

Authors

Baxter, Rodney

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

The N-state chiral Potts model in lattice statistical mechanics can be obtained as a "descendant" of the six-vertex model, via an intermediate "Q" or "τ 2 (t q)" model. Here we generalize this to obtain a column-inhomogeneous τ 2 (t q) model, and derive