A lower bound for nodal count on discrete and metric graphs

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 803-819

  Berkolaiko, Gregory ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39149129437     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-007-0391-3     Document Type: Article

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