The distribution function PL(m) of the order parameter for the Baxter–Wu model is studied using blocks of linear dimension L of a larger triangular lattice. At a given temperature, we use the Metropolis algorithm for the generation of a sample of configurations on the triangular lattice. The...

We study Baxter–Wu triangular model with fixed magnetization in the framework of canonical and microcanonical ensemble, constructing the density of states by Wang–Landau algorithm. We use an approximation similar to a recently developed scheme (critical minimum energy subspace). In this...

Using a finite-size phenomenological theory we investigate the behavior of the Baxter–Wu model for both first- and second-order transitions. In order to distinguish between the two kinds of transition we study the finite-size scaling behavior of the order parameter and the susceptibility of...