title: Simplifying Kaufman's solution of the two-dimensional Ising model.
abstract: We considerably simplify Kaufman's solution of the two-dimensional Ising model by introducing two commuting representations of the complex rotation group SO(2n,C). All eigenvalues of the transfer matrix and therefore the partition function are found in a straightforward way.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Freie Universität Berlin Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. ka@physik.fu-berlin.de
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authors.lastname: Kastening