Factorization of Ising correlations C(M,N) for $ ν= \, -k$ and M+N odd, $M \le N$, $T < T_c$ and their lambda extensions

S. Boukraa, C. Cosgrove, J. -M. Maillard, B. M. McCoy

Published 2022-04-21Version 1

We study the factorizations of Ising low-temperature correlations C(M,N) for $\nu=-k$ and M+N odd, $M \le N$, for both the cases $M\neq 0$ where there are two factors, and $M=0$ where there are four factors. We find that the two factors for $ M \neq 0$ satisfy the same non-linear differential equation and, similarly, for M=0 the four factors each satisfy Okamoto sigma-form of Painlev\'e VI equations with the same Okamoto parameters. Using a Landen transformation we show, for $M\neq 0$, that the previous non-linear differential equation can actually be reduced to an Okamoto sigma-form of Painlev\'e VI equation. For both the two and four factor case, we find that there is a one parameter family of boundary conditions on the Okamoto sigma-form of Painlev\'e VI equations which generalizes the factorization of the correlations C(M,N) to an additive decomposition of the corresponding sigma's solutions of the Okamoto sigma-form of Painlev\'e VI equation which we call lambda extensions. At a special value of the parameter, the lambda-extensions of the factors of C(M,N) reduce to homogeneous polynomials in the complete elliptic functions of the first and second kind. We also generalize some Tracy-Widom (Painlev\'e V) relations between the sum and difference of sigma's to this Painlev\'e VI framework.