Stability of Frustration-Free Hamiltonians

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-302

  Michalakis, Spyridon ^a   Zwolak, Justyna P ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880506998     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-013-1762-6     Document Type: Article

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