CSM

Abstract

We discuss results on zeros of chromatic and Tutte polynomials (the latter being equivalent to the Potts model partition function ) in the q and temperature plane, and their accumulation sets for various families of graphs. We also present results on zeros of the q=2 Ising case in the presence of a nonzero magnetic field. This area combines combinatorics and graph theory with complex analysis and algebraic geometry, as well as statistical physics. A numer of areas for further research are suggested.