The importance of being odd

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Abstract: In this letter I consider mainly a finite XXZ spin chain with periodic boundary conditions and �f{odd} m number of sites. This system is described by the Hamiltonian Hxxz=−sumj=1Nsigmajxsigmaj+1x+sigmajysigmaj+1y+Deltasigmajzsigmaj+1z. As it turned out, its ground state energy is exactly proportional to the number of sites E=−3N/2 for a special value of the asymmetry parameter Delta=−1/2. The trigonometric polynomial q(u), zeroes of which being the parameters of the ground state Bethe eigenvector is explicitly constructed. This polynomial of degree n=(N−1)/2 satisfy the Baxter T-Q equation. Using the second independent solution of this equation corresponding to the same eigenvalue of the transfer matrix, it is possible to find a derivative of the ground state energy w.r.t. the asymmetry parameter. This derivative is closely connected with the correlation function <sigmajzsigmaj+1z>=−1/2+3/2N2. In its turn this correlation function is related to an average number of spin strings for the ground state of the system under consideration: <Nstring>=3/8(N−1/N). I would like to stress once more that all these simple formulas are �f wrong m in the case of even number of sites. Exactly this case is usually considered.





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