Local density conjecture for domino tilings
Local density conjecture for domino tilings
Let , , , and be the edge-density quantities associated with the dimer model on an torus in the thermodynamic limit. Consider an infinite sequence of enlarging planar regions whose normalized boundary height functions converge to a fixed boundary asymptotic height function, and mesoscopic subregions staying away from the boundary. At points where the entropy-maximizing height function has defined partial derivatives, let
be the tilt, with . Local density conjecture. In the thermodynamic limit, the probability of seeing a domino in a particular location is given by the suitable member of the -tuple . Equivalently, the local densities of -, -, -, and -edges are , , , and , respectively. This conjecture proposes that the torus quantities describe local domino probabilities in planar regions wherever the limiting height function is smooth and the tilt is non-extremal. The source provides no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.
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Henry Cohn, Richard Kenyon and James Propp, “A variational principle for domino tilings”, arXiv:math/0008220 (2001).
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