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This book presents an overview of recent developments in the area of localization for quasi-periodic lattice Schrödinger operators and the theory of quasi-periodicity in Hamiltonian evolution equations. The physical motivation of these models extends back to the works of Rudolph Peierls and Douglas R. Hofstadter, and the models themselves have been a focus of mathematical research for two decades. Jean Bourgain here sets forth the results and techniques that have been discovered in the last few years. He puts special emphasis on so-called "non-perturbative" methods and the important role of subharmonic function theory and semi-algebraic set methods. He describes various applications to the theory of differential equations and dynamical systems, in particular to the quantum kicked rotor and KAM theory for nonlinear Hamiltonian evolution equations. Intended primarily for graduate students and researchers in the general area of dynamical systems and mathematical physics, the book provides a coherent account of a large body of work that is presently scattered in the literature. It does so in a refreshingly contained manner that seeks to convey the present technological "state of the art."

Schrödinger operator. --- Green's functions. --- Hamiltonian systems. --- Evolution equations. --- Evolutionary equations --- Equations, Evolution --- Equations of evolution --- Hamiltonian dynamical systems --- Systems, Hamiltonian --- Functions, Green's --- Functions, Induction --- Functions, Source --- Green functions --- Induction functions --- Source functions --- Operator, Schrödinger --- Differential equations --- Differentiable dynamical systems --- Potential theory (Mathematics) --- Differential operators --- Quantum theory --- Schrödinger equation --- Almost Mathieu operator. --- Analytic function. --- Anderson localization. --- Betti number. --- Cartan's theorem. --- Chaos theory. --- Density of states. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Diophantine equation. --- Dynamical system. --- Equation. --- Existential quantification. --- Fundamental matrix (linear differential equation). --- Green's function. --- Hamiltonian system. --- Hermitian adjoint. --- Infimum and supremum. --- Iterative method. --- Jacobi operator. --- Linear equation. --- Linear map. --- Linearization. --- Monodromy matrix. --- Non-perturbative. --- Nonlinear system. --- Normal mode. --- Parameter space. --- Parameter. --- Parametrization. --- Partial differential equation. --- Periodic boundary conditions. --- Phase space. --- Phase transition. --- Polynomial. --- Renormalization. --- Self-adjoint. --- Semialgebraic set. --- Special case. --- Statistical significance. --- Subharmonic function. --- Summation. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Transfer matrix. --- Transversality (mathematics). --- Trigonometric functions. --- Trigonometric polynomial. --- Uniformization theorem.