Check Inversion Symmetry: Honeycomb Kitaev Model

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The discussion focuses on the Check Inversion Symmetry within the Honeycomb Kitaev Model, emphasizing its significance in quantum computing and condensed matter physics. Participants highlighted the model's unique properties, including its topological order and the role of spin interactions. The conversation also covered the implications of inversion symmetry breaking on the model's excitations and phase transitions, providing insights into potential experimental realizations.

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Homework Statement
Hey,
I need to check if a specific lattice configuration has a inversion symmetry. The lattice structure shows a specific vortex configuration in the honeycomb lattice using the Kitaev model. The black cells means that the plaquette contains a vortex and a white cell means that there is no vortex. The white dot means that the site belongs to the even and a black dot that it belongs to the odd sub lattice. The green line implies that the link between the site is a minus link, all the other links are positive. The inversion symmetry should be checked here by applying the inversion operator P which projects each site to
c_j \to c_{-j}
And it is written in the literature, that a Gauge transformation need to be applied. Can someone maybe explain how this gauge transformation works, how I exactly perform the inversion?
Relevant Equations
P=GI
I: c_j \to c_{-j}
G: c_j \to g_j c_{-j}
lattice_strucutre_conf_1.png
 
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