Ferromagnetic Ordering of Energy Levels conjecture

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Let HVH_V be a ferromagnetic Heisenberg Hamiltonian on a finite graph or finite volume, and let H(S)\mathcal{H}^{(S)} be its invariant subspace of total spin SS. Define

E(HV,S):=minspecHVH(S).E(H_V,S):=\min\operatorname{spec}\left.H_V\right|_{\mathcal{H}^{(S)}}.

Ferromagnetic Ordering of Energy Levels conjecture. All ferromagnetic Heisenberg models have the FOEL property: if S<SS'<S, then

E(HV,S)<E(HV,S).E(H_V,S)<E(H_V,S').

FOEL orders the lowest energies strictly by decreasing total spin and implies that maximal total spin gives the ground-state energy. The supplied text describes partial results and numerical support, leaving the general assertion open.

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Bruno Nachtergaele, “Quantum Spin Systems after DLS1978”, arXiv:math-ph/0603017 (2006).

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