Duality and singular continuous spectrum in the almost Mathieu equation

Acta Mathematica

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-183

  Gordon, A Y ^a   Jitomirskaya, S ^b   Last, Y ^c   Simon, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0002638383     PISSN: 00015962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02392693     Document Type: Article

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