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Hofstadter's butterfly

Hofstadter's butterfly noun: a graph of the spectral properties of non-interacting two-dimensional electrons in a perpendicular magnetic field in a lattice.

Noun

Hofstadter's butterfly (plural Hofstadter's butterflies)

  1. A graph of the spectral properties of non-interacting two-dimensional electrons in a perpendicular magnetic field in a lattice.

Forms of Hofstadter's butterfly

pluralHofstadter's butterflies
alternative formHofstadter butterfly

Origin of Hofstadter's butterfly

The fractal nature of the spectrum was discovered in 1976 by Douglas Hofstadter.

Questions about Hofstadter's butterfly

What does Hofstadter's butterfly mean?
Hofstadter's butterfly means a graph of the spectral properties of non-interacting two-dimensional electrons in a perpendicular magnetic field in a lattice.
What part of speech is Hofstadter's butterfly?
Hofstadter's butterfly is a noun.
What is the plural of Hofstadter's butterfly?
The plural of Hofstadter's butterfly is Hofstadter's butterflies.

Words near Hofstadter's butterfly in the dictionary

  1. hofs
  2. Hofschild
  3. Hofschneider
  4. Hofstadter
  5. Hofstadter butterfly
  6. Hofstadter's butterfly
  7. Hofstadter's law
  8. Hofstadterian
  9. Hofstedean
  10. hofsteniid
  11. Hofstetter

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