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Gier, J.d. (2009). Fully Packed Loop Models on Finite Geometries. In: Guttman, A.J. (eds) Polygons, Polyominoes and Polycubes. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 775. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9927-4_13

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