We study a strong coupling expansion of the ν=1/3 fractional quantum Hall state away from the Tao-Thouless limit and show that the leading quantum fluctuations lead to an effective spin-1 Hamiltonian that lacks parity symmetry. By analyzing the energetics, discrete symmetries of low-lying excitations, and string order parameters, we demonstrate that the ν=1/3 fractional quantum Hall state is adiabatically connected to both Haldane and large-D phases and is characterized by a string order parameter which is dual to the ordinary one. This result indicates a close relation between (a generalized form of) the Haldane conjecture for spin chains and the fractional quantum Hall effect.
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Nakamura et al. (2010) studied this question.