On the Bethe-Sommerfeld conjecture

Leonid Parnovski; Alexander V. Sobolev

Journées équations aux dérivées partielles (2000)

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We consider the operator in ℝ d , d ≥ 2 , of the form H = ( - Δ ) l + V , l > 0 with a function V periodic with respect to a lattice in ℝ d . We prove that the number of gaps in the spectrum of H is finite if 8 l > d + 3 . Previously the finiteness of the number of gaps was known for 4 l > d + 1 . Various approaches to this problem are discussed.

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Parnovski, Leonid, and Sobolev, Alexander V.. "On the Bethe-Sommerfeld conjecture." Journées équations aux dérivées partielles (2000): 1-13. <http://eudml.org/doc/93394>.

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