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It is shown that the two-dimensional q-component Potts model is equivalent to a staggered ice-type model. It is deduced that the model has a first-order phase transition for q>4, and a higher-order transition for q<or=4. The free energy and latent heat at the transition are calculated.
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R. J. Baxter (1973) studied this question.
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