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What is the connection between vertex/spin models and gauge theory?

In the usual formulation of lattice gauge theories, one considers gauge variables on the links of a lattice (often hypercubic) taking value in some representation of a gauge group, $U_{ij} \in G$. The ...
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Lattice gauge and spin network

I see the similarity between the Lattice Gauge and Spin Network. (For example, both theories depict the node part as quantum (the latter is explained as spin).) Are there any other mathematical, ...
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