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We review some stochastic geometric models that arise from the study of certain quantum spin systems. In these models the fundamental properties of the ground states or equilibrium states of the quantum systems can be given a simple stochastic geometric interpretation. One thus obtains a new class of challenging stochastic geometric problems.
Work supported in part by NSF Grant PHY 92-14654.
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Nachtergaele, B. (1994). A Stochastic Geometric Approach to Quantum Spin Systems. In: Grimmett, G. (eds) Probability and Phase Transition. NATO ASI Series, vol 420. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8326-8_14
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