A uniform gap in the periodic spin-one antiferromagnetic chain
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For the standard spin-one periodic Hamiltonian $H_L=sum_j$ $S_j\cdot S_{j+1}$ and even lengths L, is the ground state unique for all sufficiently large L and is the spectral gap bounded below by a strictly positive constant independent of L? Use $[S^a,S^b]=i$ $\epsilon _abc$ $S^c$ and $sum_a(S^a)^2=2$.Short English statement
For the standard spin-one periodic Hamiltonian $H_L=sum_j$ $S_j\cdot S_{j+1}$ and even lengths L, is the ground state unique for all sufficiently large L and is the spectral gap bounded below by a strictly positive constant independent of L? Use $[S^a,S^b]=i$ $\epsilon _abc$ $S^c$ and $sum_a(S^a)^2=2$.Sources
- S1 Original question source or mathematical context. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/The-periodic-spin-one-Haldane-gap-September-24-2026/build/introduction.tex.
- S2 OpenAI, manuscript citation page. Source of the formulation motivating this local problem. https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/The-periodic-spin-one-Haldane-gap-September-24-2026/README.md.
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The pure spin-one antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain is claimed to have a size-independent positive gap on even periodic rings. The question retains these same parameters and conventions. Within these assumptions, this is a claimed affirmative answer to the stated question.
A uniform gap in the periodic spin-one antiferromagnetic chain
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OpenAI presents a proof in the selected manuscript. The pure spin-one antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain is claimed to have a size-independent positive gap on even periodic rings.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Result 1.
For spin-one matrices satisfying $[S^a,S^b]=i\varepsilon_{abc}S^c$, $\sum_a(S^a)^2=2I$, use the even periodic ring \[ H_L=\sum_{j=0}^{L-1}\boldsymbol S_j\cdot\boldsymbol S_{j+1},\qquad\boldsymbol S_L=\boldsymbol S_0. \] Let $\gamma_L$ be the difference between its first two distinct energies. The source claims a unique ground state for even $L\ge60$, and \[ \gamma_L>\frac4{105}\log\frac{80}{79}\quad(L\ge60),\qquad \gamma_L>\frac{\log20}{784}\quad(L\ge2304), \] for even lengths. Therefore $\liminf_{L\to\infty,\ L\text{ even}}\gamma_L\ge\log20/784>0$. Simultaneously similar realizations with the same spin normalization have the same spectral conclusion.Outline of the argument
Auxiliary twists express partition functions as spatial moments. Two purity comparisons yield a gap criterion, and two finite initializations start an iterative improvement that makes the criterion uniform in ring size.Formal verification
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- OpenAI, The periodic spin-one Haldane gap, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:The-periodic-spin-one-Haldane-gap-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.