For the Monomer-Dimer lambdad(p), the Master Algebraic Conjecture

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The author has recently presented two different expressions for lambdad(p) of the monomer-dimer problem involving a power series in p, the first jointly with Shmuel Friedland. These two expressions are certainly equal, but this has not yet been proven rigorously. The first is naturally developed from quantities Jᵢ, cluster expansion kernels. The second from the Mayer (or Virial) series of a dimer gas, in particular from the bᵢ coefficients in the Mayer series. The sets bᵢ and Jᵢ can be derived from each other. Given an arbitrary set of values for either the bᵢ or the Jᵢ, both expressions may be given in terms of a formal sum. The master algebraic conjecture is that these two expressions are equivalent. This is detailed in the special case all Jᵢ are zero.