On absence of embedded eigenvalues for Schrödinger operators with perturbed periodic potentials

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 2000, Pages 1809-1826

  Kuchment, Peter ^a   Vainberg, Boris ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Embedded eigenvalues; Periodic potential; Schr dinger operator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034353901     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605300008821568     Document Type: Article

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