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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 343 3 a Solution by
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For a unique gapped ground state, one-dimensional bosonic phases protected by an on-site symmetry are classified by the cohomology classof a projective virtual symmetry of a matrix product state. After blocking finitely many sites, an injective matrix product state tensor satisfiesChanging the virtual gauge or rephasing changes by a coboundary and leaves fixed.
If symmetry breaking and degenerate ground states are allowed, the additional data are the unbroken subgroup , the way permutes the broken-symmetry sectors, and a class in within one sector. Acting with preserves a symmetric ground state up to phase in the unbroken case; in a broken phase it generally permutes the different ground states.
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