Parity-dependent boundary condition of the Jordan-Wigner chain

ID: parity-dependent-boundary-condition-of-the-jordan-wigner-chain

For and periodic spins, the end exchange term carries the global fermion parity . Replacing the end bond by a uniform hopping expression requires : even parity gives antiperiodic fermions, odd parity periodic fermions. Each resulting quadratic spectrum must be restricted to states of the parity used in its boundary condition.

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