On a square-ice analogue of plane partitions
Suresh Govindarajan
Indian Insitute of Technolgy Madras, Chennai, IndiaAnthony J. Guttmann
The University of Melbourne, AustraliaVarsha Subramanyan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Abstract
We study a one-parameter family of configurations that are square-ice analogues of plane partitions. Using an algorithm due to Bratley and McKay, we carry out exact enumerations in order to study their asymptotic behaviour and establish, via Monte Carlo simulations as well as explicit bounds, that the asymptotic behaviour is similar to that of plane partitions. We finally carry out a series analysis and provide independent estimates for the asymptotic behaviour.
Cite this article
Suresh Govindarajan, Anthony J. Guttmann, Varsha Subramanyan, On a square-ice analogue of plane partitions. Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré Comb. Phys. Interact. 6 (2019), no. 1, pp. 123–154
DOI 10.4171/AIHPD/67