Volume (1989) no. 39

Semi-classical analysis for Harper's equation. III : Cantor structure of the spectrum

Helffer, B.; Sjöstrand, J.

Mémoires de la Société Mathématique de France, no. 39 (1989), 132 p.

Zbl 0725.34099 | 26 citations in Numdam

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24033/msmf.346

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Helffer, B.; Sjöstrand, J. Semi-classical analysis for Harper's equation. III : Cantor structure of the spectrum. Mémoires de la Société Mathématique de France, Serie 2, , no. 39 (1989), 132 p. doi : 10.24033/msmf.346. http://www.numdam.org/item/MSMF_1989_2_39__1_0/

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