Solvable models in statistical mechanics, from Onsager onward

Baxter, R. J.

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Solvable models in statistical mechanics, from Onsager onward

Date

1995

Authors

Baxter, R. J.

Abstract

There is now a whole field in mathematical physics concerned with solvable models in statistical mechanics, field theory, and related areas. We indicate the influence that Onsager's solution of the planar Ising model has had, and continues to have, on this field.