Hölder continuity of the integrated density of states for quasi-periodic Schrödinger equations and averages of shifts of subharmonic functions

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 155-203

  Goldstein, Michael ^a,b   Schlag, Wilhelm ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035535652     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3062114     Document Type: Article

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