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We suggest that holographic tensor models related to SYK are viable candidates for exactly (ie., non-perturbatively in N ) solvable holographic theories. The reason is that in these theories, the Hilbert space is a spinor representation, and the Hamiltonian (at least in some classes) can be arranged to commute with the Clifford level. This makes the theory solvable level by level. We demonstrate this for the specific case of the uncolored O(n)3 tensor model with arbitrary even n, and reduce the question of determining the spectrum and eigenstates to an algebraic equation relating Young tableaux. Solving this reduced problem is conceptually trivial and amounts to matching the representations on either side, as we demonstrate explicitly at low levels. At high levels, representations become bigger, but should still be tractable. None of our arguments require any supersymmetry.
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Krishnan, C., Kumar, K.V.P. Towards a finite-N hologram. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 99 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2017)099
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