Differential operators on graphs and photonic crystals

Advances in Computational Mathematics

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 263-290

  Kuchment, P ^a,b   Kunyansky, L ^c,d  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential operators on graphs; Dirichlet to Neumann map; Photonic bandgap; Photonic crystal; Pseudo differential operators on graphs; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036109923     PISSN: 10197168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014481629504     Document Type: Article

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