Arctic circle theorem

In mathematics, the arctic circle theorem of Jockusch, Propp & Shor (1998) states that random domino tilings of a large Aztec diamond tend to be frozen outside a certain "arctic circle".

References

• Jockusch, William; Propp, James; Shor, Peter (1998), Random Domino Tilings and the Arctic Circle Theorem, http://arxiv.org/abs/math/9801068