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arXiv:cond-mat/0106625 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Universal amplitude of the free energy density in finite-size scaling: the Potts universality

Loïc Turban, Jean‐Marc Debierre

Published May 11, 1986• 3 citations
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Abstract

Using the numerical results of the finite-size scaling study of the q-state Potts model by Blote and Nightingale (1982), the authors obtain a conjectured expression for the universal amplitude of the free energy density.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/19/7/009

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