Nonperturbative solution of the Ising model on a random surface

Abstract

The two-matrix-model representation of the Ising model on a random surface is solved exactly to all orders in the genus expansion. The partition function obeys a fourth-order nonlinear differential equation as a function of the string coupling constant. This equation differs from that derived for the k=3 multicritical one-matrix model, thus disproving that this model describes the Ising model. A similar equation is derived for the Yang-Lee edge singularity on a random surface, and is shown to agree with the k=3 multicritical one-matrix model.