An integral equation, which is related to the pair correlation function X(m,n) in the Ising square lattice, is simplified by making use of an elliptic transformation. On the bases of that equation, X(m,n) is obtained in the form of a determinant with dimension m (≥n).
A pair-correlation function ansatz, previously used in the derivation of the Ising model critical exponent η for the square lattice from a criticality equation within the i-δ approximation, is investigated further. Various methods are used to calculate the multispin correlation functions entering the criticality equation. The calculations are extended to the three-dimensional cubic lattices. It is found that the values obtained for η are relatively insensitive to the specific method used. In two dimensions, η takes the values 0.2506 (i-δ method), 0.2471, and 0.2490 (renormalized Hamiltonian methods), thereby remaining within 1.2% of the exact value 1/4. In three dimensions, η ranges from 0.030 to 0.075, being of the same order of magnitude as the series value 0.041 ± 0.01.
Correlation functions of the two-dimensional Ising model on the periodic lattice can be expressed in terms of form factors — matrix elements of the spin operator in the basis of common eigenstates of the transfer matrix and translation operator. Free-fermion structure of the model implies that any multiparticle form factor is given by the pfaffian of a matrix constructed from the two-particle ones. Crossed two-particle form factors can be obtained by inverting a block of the matrix of linear transformation induced on fermions by the spin conjugation. We show that the corresponding matrix is of elliptic Cauchy type and use this observation to solve the inversion problem explicitly. Non-crossed two-particle form factors are then obtained using theta functional interpolation formulas. This gives a new simple proof of the factorized formulas for periodic Ising form factors, conjectured by A. Bugrij and one of the authors.