When Is Kramers-Wannier Duality Invertible?

arXiv:2609.20090 · cond-mat.str-el, cond-mat.stat-mech, hep-th · Submitted 2026-09-17 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.str-el, cond-mat.stat-mech, hep-th

Submitted: 2026-09-17

Updated: 2026-10-04

Terminology

• Hilbert Space — 20× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Topological Defects — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Quantum Circuits — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• Hidden Ising models from the generalized Yang-Baxter equation
• Topological Defects on the Lattice: Dualities and Degeneracies
• How Algebraic Bethe Ansatz works for integrable model

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