Spin-1 chain decimation recursion

ID: spin-1-chain-decimation-recursion

For the spin inversion symmetry parameterization with positive entries, spin decimation gives the same form with , and . Multiply by itself and divide by its entry to prove these ratios. The leftover scalar is an additive free-energy coupling; dropping it leaves normalized expectations unchanged but loses the full free energy.

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