Hofstadter butterfly

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

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Meanings

nounHofstadter butterfly (plural Hofstadter butterflies)

plural Hofstadter butterflies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Hofstadter's butterfly.
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