PT symmetric non-self-adjoint operators, diagonalizable and non-diagonalizable, with a real discrete spectrum

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 40, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 10155-10170

  Caliceti, Emanuela ^a   Graffi, Sandro ^a   Sjöstrand, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 34547798546     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/33/014     Document Type: Article

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