The solution of the zero-field "eight-vertex" model is presented. This model includes the square lattice Ising, dimer, ice, F, and KDP models as special cases. It is found that in general the free energy has a branch-point singularity at a phase transition, with a continuously variable exponent.
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R. J. Baxter (1971) studied this question.
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