Ferromagnetic ground states for the Hubbard model on line graphs

Abstract

The author discusses some of the properties of the Hubbard model on a line graph with n vertices. It is shown that the model has ferromagnetic ground states if the interaction is repulsive (U)0) and if the number of electrons N satisfies 2n>or=N>or=M. M is a natural number that depends on the line graph. For example, the Kagome lattice is a line graph, it has M=5n/3-1.