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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0746.00063.] This paper is a brief survey of results (mainly of the author in 1985- 1990) for operators \(H(q)u=-u''+qu\) and \(H(q)u_ n=u_{n+1}+u_{n- 1}+q_ n u_ n\) on \(L^ 2(\mathbb{R})\) and \(\ell^ 2(\mathbb{Z})\), respectively, in the case when \(\{q(x)\}_{x\in\mathbb{R}}\) or \(\{q_ n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}\) of stationary ergodic processes are deterministic. Via the so-called Herglotz functions method and the notion of the Lyapunov exponent in the subadditive ergodic theorem the author had got very general results concerning the problem about an absolute continuous spectrum of \(H(q)\) (for a.a. \(q\)). Some principal examples are given. Results of Ya. Sinaj for the case of an almost periodic potential \(q(x)\) are also discussed.