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On the Holley-Preston inequalities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

D. A. Edwards
D. A. Edwards
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Oxford
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Synopsis

A new proof of the Holley-Preston generalisation of the Fortuin-Kastelyn-Ginibre inequalities is given, and Batty's extension to the case of infinite products is discussed briefly. An application of the theorems in combinatorial probability theory is described.

Type
Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 78 , Issue 3-4 , 1978 , pp. 265 - 272
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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