Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 342 1 b Solution 2026-09-28
The composite is . Exchanging two composites exchanges the two constituents and the two constituents and produces one mutual winding between unlike constituents. The identical-particle phases are both , while the mutual contribution is , henceThe topological spin obeys , soThis is precisely the two-dimensional spin-statistics relation for a fermion, so the result is consistent.