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Gaps in the Spectrum of the Maxwell Operator with Periodic Coefficients

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The periodic Maxwell operator is considered. Piecewise constant coefficients are constructed in such a way that the spectrum of operator has the gaps.

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Filonov, N. Gaps in the Spectrum of the Maxwell Operator with Periodic Coefficients. Commun. Math. Phys. 240, 161–170 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-003-0904-7

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