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Hofstadter butterfly

Hofstadter butterfly is the alternative form of Hofstadter's butterfly.

Meaning of Hofstadter's butterfly

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 butterfly

pluralHofstadter butterflies

Questions about Hofstadter butterfly

What is Hofstadter butterfly the alternative form of?
Hofstadter butterfly is the alternative form of Hofstadter's butterfly.

Words near Hofstadter butterfly in the dictionary

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

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