An Exposition of Kasteleyn's Solution of the Dimer Model
In 1961, P. W. Kasteleyn provided a baffling-looking solution to an apparently simple tiling problem: how many ways are there to tile a rectangular region with dominos? We examine his proof, simplifying and clarifying it into this nearly self-contained work.
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2015
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_theses/89 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=hmc_theses |