Abstract
We show that a lower large-deviation bound for the block-spin magnetization in the 2D Ising model can be pushed all the way forward toward its correct “Wulff” value for all β>βc.
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Ioffe, D. Large deviations for the 2D ising model: A lower bound without cluster expansions. J Stat Phys 74, 411–432 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186818
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186818