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C 1-Classification of Gapped Parent Hamiltonians of Quantum Spin Chains

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We consider the C 1-classification of gapped Hamiltonians introduced in Fannes et al. (Commun Math Phys 144:443–490, 1992) and Nachtergaele (Commun Math Phys 175:565–606, 1996) as parent Hamiltonians of translation invariant finitely correlated states. Within this family, we show that the number of edge modes, which is equal at the left and right edge, is the complete invariant. The construction proves that translation invariance of the ‘bulk’ ground state does not need to be broken to establish C 1-equivalence, namely that the spin chain does not need to be blocked.

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Bachmann, S., Ogata, Y. C 1-Classification of Gapped Parent Hamiltonians of Quantum Spin Chains. Commun. Math. Phys. 338, 1011–1042 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-015-2350-8

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