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Why the ground-state energy of S-1/2 Anti-Ferromagnetic Heisenberg Chain is not$-\frac{N}{4}J$

The Hamiltonian of traditional Heisenberg model is $$\hat H = J\sum_{<i,j>}\vec{S_i}\cdot\vec{S_j}=J\sum_{<i,j>}\left(S_i^zS_j^z+\frac{1}{2}\left(S_i^+S_j^-+S_i^-S_j^+\right)\right)$$ if J ...
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How can I actually get to the AKLT state from a product state in finite depth?

I'm currently learning about symmetry-protected topological phases in one dimension. The ground state of the AKLT model provides one such example. In particular, the AKLT state for any length $L$ ...
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