Instability zones of periodic 1-dimensional Schrödinger and Dirac operators

Russian Mathematical Surveys

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 663-766

  Djakov, P ^a   Mityagin, B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846275865     PISSN: 00360279     EISSN: 14684829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/RM2006v061n04ABEH004343     Document Type: Article

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