Orthofermions versus Gutzwiller projection operator approach for the infinite U Hubbard model

A comparison of two well-known approaches for strongly correlated electron systems, namely, nested Bethe ansatz implemented through orthofermion algebra and Gutzwiller projection operator formalism, is made by calculating the energy spectrum of 1D infinite U Hubbard model for a finite system consisting of three particles on a four site anisotropic closed chain. It is shown that orthofermion algebra always leads to at least an eight hold degeneracy in the energy spectrum corresponding to all 2³ spin configurations, consistent with the nested Bethe ansatz solution leading to a N²-fold degeneracy of energy levels of an N electron system. Such a degeneracy is absent in the Gutzwiller projection operator approach. This finding shows the limitations of the Gutzwiller projection method and at the same time the relevance of orthofermion approach for the infinite U Hubbard model.