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For $\omega \in \{0,1{\}}^E$, write $o(\omega )=|\eta (\omega )|$ and $c(\omega )=|E|-o(\omega )$. The random-cluster model isFor $0\le p\le 1$ and $q\ge 1$, its positive association of the random-cluster model states that increasing functions $f,g$ satisfy ${\varphi }_{p,q}(fg)\ge {\varphi }_{p,q}(f){\varphi }_{p,q}(g)$.

For the two parallel edges $e_1,e_2$, the four unnormalized weights for $00,10,01,11$ are respectivelyFor the increasing events $A=\{e_1\text{ open}\}$ and $B=\{e_2\text{ open}\}$, positive association is equivalent to $w_{00}{w}_{11}\ge w_{10}{w}_{01}$, which reduces to $q\ge 1$. It therefore fails whenever $p,q\in (0,1)$.

At $p=1/2$, all factors involving the number of open edges are equal, so the weight is proportional to $q^{k(\omega )}$. The smallest possible component count is one. Dividing numerator and denominator by $q$ and sending $q\downarrow 0$ leaves equal weight precisely on connected spanning subgraphs, proving the stated uniform connected-subgraph limit of the random-cluster model.

Finally let $p,q\downarrow 0$ with $q/p\to 0$, and let $N=|V|$. Fix a spanning tree $\tau$. The ratio of the weight of $\omega$ to that of $\tau$ iswhere $d(\omega )=o(\omega )+k(\omega )-N\ge 0$. Equality $d=0$ means that the open graph is a forest. The ratio tends to zero unless $d=0$ and $k=1$, which means precisely that $\omega$ is a spanning tree. All spanning trees have equal weight, so the limiting law is the uniform spanning-tree limit of the random-cluster model:where $\mathcal{T}$ is the set of spanning trees of $G$.