Iterated star–triangle transformation on inhomogeneous 2D Ising lattices
H. J. Hilhorst
Abstract We consider infinite or periodic 2D triangular Ising lattices with arbitrary positive or negative nearest-neighbor couplings K i ( r ⃗ ) , where r ⃗ and i indicate the bond position and orientation, respectively. Iterative application of the star–triangle transformation to an initial lattice T ( 0 ) with a set of couplings { K i ( 0 ) ( r ⃗ ) } generates a sequence of lattices T ( n ) , for n = 1, 2, …, with couplings { K i ( n ) ( r ⃗ ) } . When T ( 0 ) includes sufficiently strongly frustrated plaquettes, complex couplings will appear. We show that, nevertheless, the variables 1 / sinh 2 K i ( n
arXiv:2104.00923•Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment•Jun 1, 2021•1 citation