Abstract:
We study translation-invariant Gibbs measures on a Cayley tree of order $k=3$ for the ferromagnetic three-state Potts model. We obtain explicit formulas for translation-invariant Gibbs measures. We also consider periodic Gibbs measures on a Cayley tree of order $k$ for the antiferromagnetic $q$-state Potts model. Moreover, we improve previously obtained results: we find the exact number of periodic Gibbs measures with the period two on a Cayley tree of order $k\ge3$ that are defined on some invariant sets.