Bethe-Sommerfeld Conjecture

Abstract

We consider Schroedinger operator $-\Delta +V$ in $R^d$ ($d\ge 2$) with smooth periodic potential $V$ and prove that there are only finitely many gaps in its spectrum.

59 pages, 10 figures; to appear in Annales Henri Poincare

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