One more technique for the dimer problem

Jerome K. Percus

doi:10.1063/1.1664774

One more technique for the dimer problem

Jerome K. Percus

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The problem of counting the dimer coverings of a square lattice is recast as a counting of coverings by oriented closed loops. Thus the answer is expressed as the value of a suitable permanent. This permanent is transformed to a determinant, which on evaluation recovers the familiar result.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1881-1884
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Mathematical Physics
Volume	10
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1664774
State	Published - 1969

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