The Ten Martini Problem
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- 12 July 2009
- journal article
- Published by Annals of Mathematics in Annals of Mathematics
- Vol. 170 (1) , 303-342
Abstract
We prove the conjecture (known as the \Ten Martini Problem" after Kac and Simon) that the spectrum of the almost Mathieu operator is a Cantor set for all non-zero values of the coupling and all irrational frequencies.Keywords
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