The Roles of Random Boundary Conditions in Spin Systems

@article{Endo2019TheRO,
  title={The Roles of Random Boundary Conditions in Spin Systems},
  author={Eric O. Endo and Aernout van Enter and Arnaud Le Ny},
  journal={Progress in Probability},
  year={2019}
}
Random boundary conditions are one of the simplest realizations of quenched disorder. They have been used as an illustration of various conceptual issues in the theory of disordered spin systems. Here we review some of these results. 
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