Twisted XXZ component-ratio conjecture

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Let ∣Ψ(2n)⟩|\Psi^{(2n)}\rangle be the normalized ground-state vector of the twisted XXZ chain with 2n2n sites, and let AnA_n denote the number of alternating-sign n×nn\times n matrices. The components with smallest and largest absolute values are respectively Ψ↓…↓↑…↑(2n)\Psi^{(2n)}_{\downarrow\ldots\downarrow\uparrow\ldots\uparrow} and Ψ↓↑…↓↑(2n)\Psi^{(2n)}_{\downarrow\uparrow\ldots\downarrow\uparrow}. The twisted XXZ component-ratio conjecture. Their absolute-value ratio is

∣Ψ↓↑…↓↑(2n)Ψ↓…↓↑…↑(2n)∣=(23)n−11⋅3⋅5⋯(2n−3)(2n−1)1⋅4⋅7⋯(3n−5)(3n−2)An.\left|\frac{\Psi^{(2n)}_{\downarrow\uparrow\ldots\downarrow\uparrow}}{\Psi^{(2n)}_{\downarrow\ldots\downarrow\uparrow\ldots\uparrow}}\right| =\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^{n-1} \frac{1\cdot3\cdot5\cdots(2n-3)(2n-1)}{1\cdot4\cdot7\cdots(3n-5)(3n-2)}A_n.

This conjecture gives a closed combinatorial formula for an extremal component ratio; the source reports only verification for the available data.

References

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A. V. Razumov and Yu. G. Stroganov, “Spin chains and combinatorics: twisted boundary conditions”, arXiv:cond-mat/0102247 (2001).

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