Richomme, Saari and Zamboni (J. Lond. Math. Soc. 83: 79–95, 2011) proved that at every position of an infinite Sturmian word starts an abelian power of exponent k, for every positive integer k. Here, we improve on this result, studying the maximal exponent of abelian powers and abelian repetitions (an abelian repetition is the analogous of a fractional power in the abelian setting) occurring in...

We use transfer-matrix and finite-size scaling methods to investigate the location and properties of the multicritical point of two-dimensional Ising spin glasses on square, triangular, and honeycomb lattices with both binary and Gaussian disorder distributions. For square and triangular lattices with binary disorder, the estimated position of the multicritical point is in numerical agreement w...

We derive general properties of the finite-size scaling of probability density functions and show that when the apparent exponent τ̃ of a probability density is less than 1, the associated finite-size scaling ansatz has a scaling exponent τ equal to 1, provided that the fraction of events in the universal scaling part of the probability density function is non-vanishing in the thermodynamic limi...

We analyze the partition function of the dimer model on an M×N triangular lattice wrapped on a torus obtained by Fendley, Moessner, and Sondhi [Phys. Rev. B 66, 214513 (2002)]. From a finite-size analysis we have found that the dimer model on such a lattice can be described by a conformal field theory having a central charge c=-2. The shift exponent for the specific heat is found to depend on t...

A sufficient condition for the representation group for a nonabelian representation (Definition 1.1) of a finite partial linear space to be a finite p-group is given (Theorem 2.9). We characterize finite symplectic polar spaces of rank r at least two and of odd prime order p as the only finite polar spaces of rank at least two and of prime order admitting nonabelian representations. The represe...

The zeros of the partition function of the ferromagnetic q-state Potts model with long-range interactions in the complex-q plane are studied in the mean-field case, while preliminary numerical results are reported for the finite 1d chains with powerlaw decaying interactions. In both cases, at any fixed temperature, the zeros lie on the arc-shaped contours, which cross the positive real axis at ...

We theoretically investigate the Fermi-edge singularity in a spin-incoherent Luttinger liquid. Both cases of finite and infinite core hole mass are explored, as well as the effect of a static external magnetic field of arbitrary strength. For a finite mass core hole the absorption edge behaves as (omega-omega th)alpha/square root of absolute value (ln(omega-omega th)) for frequencies omega just...

We use the finite lattice method to count the number of punctured staircase and selfavoiding polygons with up to three holes on the square lattice. New or radically extended series have been derived for both the perimeter and area generating functions. We show that the critical point is unchanged by a finite number of punctures, and that the critical exponent increases by a fixed amount for eac...

The Neumann problem for the Poisson equation is considered in a domain Ωε ⊂ R with boundary components posed at a small distance ε > 0 so that in the limit, as ε → 0, the components touch each other at the point O with the tangency exponent 2m ≥ 2. Asymptotics of the solution uε and the Dirichlet integral ‖∇xuε; L(Ωε)‖ are evaluated and it is shown that main asymptotic term of uε and the existe...