Abstract
The authors consider the Q-state two-dimensional Potts model for Q<g, i.e. in the first order phase transition regime. Following a scheme given by P. Martin (1991), the authors prove an identity between the spectra of the transfer matrices of the Potts model and the transfer matrices connecting the diagonals of a 6-vertex model. By using a Bethe ansatz for the latter, they obtain an exact expression for the correlation length of the Potts model at the transition point.

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