Butterflies and topological quantum numbers
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arXivmath-ph/0110026MaRDI QIDQ6468614FDOQ6468614
Publication date: 20 October 2001
Abstract: The Hofstadter model illustrates the notion of topological quantum numbers and how they account for the quantization of the Hall conductance. It gives rise to colorful fractal diagrams of butterflies where the colors represent the topological quantum numbers.
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