Eigenfunctions, transfer matrices, and absolutely continuous spectrum of one-dimensional Schrödinger operators

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 329-367

  Last, Yoram ^a   Simon, Barry ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0033074693     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220050288     Document Type: Article

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