Threshold and positive-energy bound states of the BFSS matrix model

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Proves that the undeformed relative SU(N)\mathrm{SU}(N) BFSS model has exactly one normalizable zero-energy state for every finite N ≥ 2, resolving the threshold-bound-state conjecture. For SU(2)\mathrm{SU}(2), a companion proves infinitely many normalizable positive-energy eigenstates with unbounded energies, contradicting the original BFSS paper's exclusion of additional bound states at N = 2.

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