The integral representations for the partition functions of Ising models are surveyed. The connection with the underlying fermion field in the two-dimensional case is discussed. The relation between the low and the high-temperature expansions is examined.
We review some aspects of the fermionic interpretation of the two-dimensional Ising model.The use is made of the notion of the integral over the anticommuting Grassmann variables.For simple and more complicated 2D Ising lattices, the partition function can be expressed as a fermionic Gaussian integral.Equivalently, the 2D Ising model can be reformulated as a free-fermion theory on a lattice.For regular lattices the analytic solution then readily follows by passing to the momentum space for fermions.We also comment on the eective eld{theoretical (continuum{limit) fermionic formulations for the 2D Ising models near the critical point.
It is well known that the partition function of two-dimensional Ising model can be expressed as a Grassmann integral over the action bilinear in Grassmann variables. The key aspect of the proof of this equivalence is to show that all polygons, appearing in Grassmann integration, enter with fixed sign. For three-dimensional model, the partition function can also be expressed by Grassmann integral. However, the action resulting from low-temperature expansion contains quartic terms, which does not allow explicit computation of the integral. We wanted to check - apparently not explored - the possibility that using the high-temperature expansion would result in action with only bilinear terms. (in two dimensions, low-T and high-T expansions are equivalent, but in three dimensions, they differ.) It turned out, however that polygons obtained by Grassman integration are not of fixed sign for any ordering of Grassmann variables on sites. This way, it is not possible to express the partition function of three-dimensional Ising model as a Grassman integral over bilinear action.