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Potts model
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The q-state generalization of the Ising model, contrasting continuous and
discontinuous transitions.


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="The Potts model generalizes the Ising model (q=2) to q discrete states per site: each site of a periodic L \times L lattice carries a state s_i \in \{0, \ldots, q-1\}, and the Hamiltonian rewards neighboring sites for matching,">

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