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Dynamics and spectral theory of quasi-periodic Schrödinger-type operators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

C. A. MARX  and
S. JITOMIRSKAYA
C. A. MARX
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA email cmarx@oberlin.edu
S. JITOMIRSKAYA
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717, USA email szhitomi@uci.edu
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We survey the theory of quasi-periodic Schrödinger-type operators, focusing on the advances made since the early 2000s by adopting a dynamical systems point of view.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 37 , Issue 8 , December 2017 , pp. 2353 - 2393
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