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We describe inequalities relating to the interface between coexisting phases of Ising ferromagnets. Some implications for the nature of the roughening transition are discussed.
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Supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. MCS78-01885 at Princeton University and No. PHYS78-15920 at Rutgers University.
Part of this work was done while Jean Bricmont was at the Mathematics Department of Princeton University and Joel L. Lebowitz at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
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Bricmont, J., Fontaine, J.R. & Lebowitz, J.L. Surface tension, percolation, and roughening. J Stat Phys 29, 193–203 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01020782
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