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It is shown that gauge-invariance arguments imply the possibility of the fractional quantum Hall effect; the Hall conductance is accurately quantized to a rational value. The ground state of a system showing the fractional quantum Hall effect must be degenerate; the nondegenerate ground state can only produce the integral quantum Hall effect.
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Tao et al. (1984) studied this question.
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