Semiclassical analysis of the largest gap of quasi-periodic Schrödinger operators

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 256-268

  Kruger H ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gaps in the spectrum; Schr dinger operators; semiclassical analysis

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL POINTS; FIRST ORDER; GAPS IN THE SPECTRUM; LEADING ORDERS; ONE FREQUENCY; QUASI-PERIODIC; SAMPLING FUNCTIONS; SEMI-CLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; SEMICLASSICAL ANALYSIS; TWO GAPS;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960767417     PISSN: 09735348     EISSN: 17606101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/mmnp/20105411     Document Type: Article

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