POLYNOMIAL SOLUTIONS OF qKZ EQUATION AND GROUND STATE OF XXZ SPIN CHAIN AT = −1/2

Integral formulae for polynomial solutions of the quantum Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations associated with the R-matrix of the six-vertex model are considered. It is proved that when the deformation parameter q is equal to and the number of vertical lines of the lattice is odd, the solution under consideration is an eigenvector of the inhomogeneous transfer matrix of the six-vertex model. In the homogeneous limit, it is a ground-state eigenvector of the antiferromagnetic XXZ spin chain with the anisotropy parameter Δ equal to −1/2 and an odd number of sites. The obtained integral representations for the components of this eigenvector allow us to prove some conjectures on its properties formulated earlier. A new statement relating the ground-state components of XXZ spin chains and Temperley–Lieb loop models is formulated and proved.