Title
Polynomial-time approximation algorithms for the antiferromagnetic Ising model on line graphs
Abstract
We present a polynomial-time Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for estimating the partition function of the antiferromagnetic Ising model on any line graph. The analysis of the algorithm exploits the 'winding' technology devised by McQuillan [CoRR abs/1301.2880 (2013)] and developed by Huang, Lu and Zhang [Proc. 27th Symp. on Disc. Algorithms (SODA16), 514-527]. We show that exact computation of the partition function is #P-hard, even for line graphs, indicating that an approximation algorithm is the best that can be expected. We also show that Glauber dynamics for the Ising model is rapidly mixing on line graphs, an example being the kagome lattice.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1017/S0963548321000080
COMBINATORICS PROBABILITY & COMPUTING
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
30
6
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0963-5483
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dyer Martin100.34
Heinrich Marc200.34
mark jerrum32755564.62
Haiko Müller472154.09