On the Non-Ergodicity of the Swendsen-Wang-Kotecký Algorithm on the Kagome Lattice Articles uri icon

publication date

  • May 2010

start page

  • 5016

issue

  • 5

international standard serial number (ISSN)

  • 1742-5468

abstract

  • We study the properties of the Wang-Swendse&-Kotecký cluster Monte Carlo algorithm for simulating the 3-state kagomé-lattice Potts antiferromagnet at zerotemperature. We prove that this algorithm is not ergodic for symmetric subsets of the kagomé lattice with fully periodic boundary conditions: given an initial configuration, not all configurations are accessible via Monte Carlo steps. The same conclusion holds for single-site dynamics.