Cylindrical-strip Beraha-zero pattern conjecture

Let LL be the width of a triangular-lattice strip with cylindrical boundary conditions, let BkB_k denote the Beraha numbers, and let D(q)D(q) be the amplitude matrix. Cylindrical-strip Beraha-zero pattern conjecture. The Beraha numbers where detD(q)\det D(q) vanishes are given by the union of the sets

{B2,B3,,BL+1}and{B4k2k=1,2,,L/2}.\{B_2,B_3,\ldots,B_{L+1}\}\quad\text{and}\quad\{B_{4k-2}\mid k=1,2,\ldots,\lfloor L/2\rfloor\}.

The upper limit on kk is the integer part of L/2L/2. This conjecture is based on systematic checks through B50B_{50} and the observed cylindrical-boundary examples; unlike the free and zig-zag cases, the cylindrical data exhibit additional zeros beyond BL+1B_{L+1}, and the proposed general pattern remains open.

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Jesper Lykke Jacobsen, Jesús Salas and Alan D. Sokal, “Transfer Matrices and Partition-Function Zeros for Antiferromagnetic Potts Models III. Triangular-Lattice Chromatic Polynomial”, arXiv:cond-mat/0204587 (2003).

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