Plane partitions and spin adapted quantum states

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Main Authors: Price, Abigail, Stelzer, Ada, Sverrisdóttir, Svala
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author Price, Abigail
Stelzer, Ada
Sverrisdóttir, Svala
author_facet Price, Abigail
Stelzer, Ada
Sverrisdóttir, Svala
contents We describe an explicit basis for the $\operatorname{SU}(2)$-invariant space of the exterior power $\wedge_{2k} \mathbb{C}^{2m}$ via the combinatorics of plane partitions. In quantum chemistry, this is the space of spin adapted quantum states of an electronic system with $m$ spin orbitals and $k$ electron pairs. We construct our basis by identifying the invariant space with an Artinian commutative ring called the excitation ring. We compute a Gröbner basis and enumerate its standard monomials via an explicit bijection to Dyck paths counted by the Narayana numbers.
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spellingShingle Plane partitions and spin adapted quantum states
Price, Abigail
Stelzer, Ada
Sverrisdóttir, Svala
Combinatorics
Commutative Algebra
Chemical Physics
We describe an explicit basis for the $\operatorname{SU}(2)$-invariant space of the exterior power $\wedge_{2k} \mathbb{C}^{2m}$ via the combinatorics of plane partitions. In quantum chemistry, this is the space of spin adapted quantum states of an electronic system with $m$ spin orbitals and $k$ electron pairs. We construct our basis by identifying the invariant space with an Artinian commutative ring called the excitation ring. We compute a Gröbner basis and enumerate its standard monomials via an explicit bijection to Dyck paths counted by the Narayana numbers.
title Plane partitions and spin adapted quantum states
topic Combinatorics
Commutative Algebra
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06295