edited by G D'Ariano (Turin), A Montorsi (Turin), & M Rasetti (Turin)

This book contains lectures given at the Institute for Scientific Interchange (I.S.I., Turin) in 1983 – 1984 on the exact solution of the 8-vertex and related models and extensions of the Baxter model to 3 dimensions.

• Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics (R J Baxter)
• Integrable Systems and Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras (M Jimbo & T Miwa)
• Potts Models and Dichromatic Polynomials (P P Matrin)
• Soliton Equations, τ-Functions and Coherent States (G M D'Ariano & M G Rasetti)
• Tetrahedron Equations and the Relativistic S-Matrix of Straight Strings in 2 + 1 Dimensions (A B Zamolodchikov)