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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The quantum symmetric XXZ chain at Delta = - 1/2 , alternating-sign matrices and plane partitions

We consider the ground-state wavefunction of the quantum symmetric antiferromagnetic XXZ chain with open and twisted boundary conditions at Δ = -½, along with the ground-state wavefunction of the corresponding O(n) loop model at n = 1. Based on exact results for finite-size systems, sums involving the wavefunction components, and in some cases the largest component itself, are conjectured to be directly related to the total number of alternating-sign matrices and plane partitions in certain symmetry classes.

B. Nienhuis | M. T. Batchelor | J. de Gier

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