Monodromization method in the theory of almost-periodic equations

Fedotov, A.

doi:10.1090/S1061-0022-2014-01292-7

Monodromization method in the theory of almost-periodic equations
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by A. A. Fedotov
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St. Petersburg Math. J. 25 (2014), 303-325

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1061-0022-2014-01292-7

Published electronically: March 12, 2014

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Abstract:

The basic ideas of the monodromization method, i.e., a renormalization approach to the study of one-dimensional two-frequency quasiperiodic equations, as well as the main results obtained with its help, are described.

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