Threshold inequalities for ferromagnetic ground state of Ising and Heisenberg models

Abstract
For the Ising, the classical, and the quantum-mechanical Heisenberg models with ferromagnetic nearest- and antiferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor interactions the inequalities α(ls)<~αcl(Heis)<~αqm(Heis) and α(ls)<αqm(Heis) are proved for the threshold of the coupling-constant ratio J1J2=α for the ferromagnetic ground state. Combined with the classical spin limit they predict a spin dependence of αqm(Heis). This prediction remains valid for systems with nth-nearest-neighbor interactions.