Zero-freeness transfer to a neighborhood of zero for 2-spin systems

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Fix parameters β\beta and γ\gamma, not both zero, and let ZGσΛ(λ)Z^{\sigma_\Lambda}_{G}(\lambda) denote the partition function of the 2-spin system with boundary condition σΛ\sigma_\Lambda. Suppose it is zero-free on a complex region UU. Zero-freeness transfer conjecture. There exists a complex neighborhood UU' of 00 such that UUU\subseteq U' and ZGσΛ(λ)Z^{\sigma_\Lambda}_{G}(\lambda) is zero-free on UU'. The paper asks whether all zero-free regions for 2-spin systems must arise in complex neighborhoods of λ=0\lambda=0 or, after a spin switch, from the other special parameter setting. This remains open in the source.

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Shuai Shao and Xiaowei Ye, “Strong Spatial Mixing for General 2-Spin Systems: A Unified Approach from Zero-Freeness”, arXiv:2401.09317 (2026).

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