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The six-vertex model is a paradigmatic framework in statistical mechanics, originally introduced to capture the essential physics of ice-type systems. By assigning one of six allowed configurations to ...

The statistical physics of graphs and partition functions represents a vibrant intersection of graph theory, statistical mechanics and computational complexity. By summing over an ensemble of ...