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Annals of Mathematics, II. SeriesVol. 150, No. 3, pp. 1159-1175 (1999) |
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Metal-insulator transition for the almost Mathieu operatorSvetlana Ya. JitomirskayaAbstract: We prove that for Diophantine $\omega$ and almost every $\theta$, the almost Mathieu operator, $(H_{\omega,\lambda,\theta}\Psi)(n)= \Psi(n+ 1)+ \Psi(n- 1)+ \lambda\cos 2\pi(\omega n+ \theta)\Psi(n)$, exhibits localization for $\lambda> 2$ and purely absolutely continuous spectrum for $\lambda< 2$. This completes the proof of (a correct version of) the Aubry-André conjecture. Keywords: metal-insulator transition; Mathieu operator; localization; purely absolutely continuous spectrum; Aubry-André conjecture Classification (MSC2000): 47B37 47A10 Full text of the article:
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