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Difference equations in statistical mechanics. I. Cluster statistics models

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A review and some new results are presented for several cluster statistics models, solutions of which can be reduced to difference equations. Mathematical techniques suitable for solving these equations are surveyed.

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  1. Department of Physics, Clarkson University, 13676, Potsdam, New York

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Privman, V., Švrakić, N.M. Difference equations in statistical mechanics. I. Cluster statistics models. J Stat Phys 51, 1091–1110 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014901

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