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Duality and singular continuous spectrum in the almost Mathieu equation

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  1. A. Y. Gordon & S. Jitomirskaya

    Present address: Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Moscow, Russia

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 28223, Charlotte, NC, USA

    A. Y. Gordon

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of California, 92717, Irvine, CA, USA

    S. Jitomirskaya

  3. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Y. Last

  4. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA

    B. Simon

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants DMS-9208029, DMS-9501265 and DMS-9401491. The Government has certain rights in this material.

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Gordon, A.Y., Jitomirskaya, S., Last, Y. et al. Duality and singular continuous spectrum in the almost Mathieu equation. Acta Math. 178, 169–183 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392693

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