Perturbations of one-dimensional Schrödinger operators preserving the absolutely continuous spectrum

International Mathematics Research Notices

Volumn , Issue 38, 2002, Pages 2029-2061

  Killip, Rowan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036401805     PISSN: 10737928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/s1073792802204250     Document Type: Article

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