Uniqueness of the Gibbs Measure for the Anti-ferromagnetic Potts Model on the Infinite Δ-Regular Tree for Large Δ

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Publication date 08-08-2023
Journal Journal of Statistical Physics
Article number 140
Volume | Issue number 190
Number of pages 24
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI)
Abstract In this paper we prove that for any integer q ≥ 5, the anti-ferromagnetic q-state Potts model on the infinite Δ-regular tree has a unique Gibbs measure for all edge interaction parameters ω ε [1-q/Δ, 1), provided Δ is large enough. This confirms a longstanding folklore conjecture.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-023-03145-z
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