We use gauge fixing to rewrite the two-dimensional U(1) pure gauge model with Wilson action and periodic boundary conditions as a nonfrustrated XY model on a closed chain. The Wolff single-cluster algorithm is then applied, eliminating critical slowing down of topological modes and Polyakov loops.
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