Spectral and Quantum Dynamical Properties of the Weakly Coupled Fibonacci Hamiltonian

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 221-277

  Damanik, David ^a   Gorodetski, Anton ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79956191929     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-011-1220-2     Document Type: Article

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