Jean Bourgain is Professor of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study and J. Doob Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of "Global Solutions of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations".

"This text is an up to date introduction to localization problems for lattice Schrodinger operations with deterministic ergodic potentials by one of the leading experts... I can recommend it to any graduate student or researcher in the field."--G. Teschl, Monatschefte fur Mathematik

• Acknowledgment v CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2: Transfer Matrix and Lyapounov Exponent 11 CHAPTER 3: Herman's Subharmonicity Method 15 CHAPTER 4: Estimates on Subharmonic Functions 19 CHAPTER 5: LDT for Shift Model 25 CHAPTER 6: Avalanche Principle in SL2( R ) 29 CHAPTER 7: Consequences for Lyapounov Exponent, IDS, and Green's Function 31 CHAPTER 8: Refinements 39 CHAPTER 9: Some Facts about Semialgebraic Sets 49 CHAPTER 10: Localization 55 CHAPTER 11: Generalization to Certain Long-Range Models 65 CHAPTER 12: Lyapounov Exponent and Spectrum 75 CHAPTER 13: Point Spectrum in Multifrequency Models at Small Disorder 87 CHAPTER 14: A Matrix-Valued Cartan-Type Theorem 97 CHAPTER 15: Application to Jacobi Matrices Associated with Skew Shifts 105 CHAPTER 16: Application to the Kicked Rotor Problem 117 CHAPTER 17: Quasi-Periodic Localization on the Z d -lattice ( d > 1) 123 CHAPTER 18: An Approach to Melnikov's Theorem on Persistency of Non-resonant Lower Dimension Tori 133 CHAPTER 19: Application to the Construction of Quasi-Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations 143 CHAPTER 20: Construction of Quasi-Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Wave Equations 159 Appendix 169

Jean Bourgain is Professor of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study and J. Doob Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of "Global Solutions of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations".

"This text is an up to date introduction to localization problems for lattice Schrodinger operations with deterministic ergodic potentials by one of the leading experts... I can recommend it to any graduate student or researcher in the field."--G. Teschl, Monatschefte fur Mathematik

• Acknowledgment v CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2: Transfer Matrix and Lyapounov Exponent 11 CHAPTER 3: Herman's Subharmonicity Method 15 CHAPTER 4: Estimates on Subharmonic Functions 19 CHAPTER 5: LDT for Shift Model 25 CHAPTER 6: Avalanche Principle in SL2( R ) 29 CHAPTER 7: Consequences for Lyapounov Exponent, IDS, and Green's Function 31 CHAPTER 8: Refinements 39 CHAPTER 9: Some Facts about Semialgebraic Sets 49 CHAPTER 10: Localization 55 CHAPTER 11: Generalization to Certain Long-Range Models 65 CHAPTER 12: Lyapounov Exponent and Spectrum 75 CHAPTER 13: Point Spectrum in Multifrequency Models at Small Disorder 87 CHAPTER 14: A Matrix-Valued Cartan-Type Theorem 97 CHAPTER 15: Application to Jacobi Matrices Associated with Skew Shifts 105 CHAPTER 16: Application to the Kicked Rotor Problem 117 CHAPTER 17: Quasi-Periodic Localization on the Z d -lattice ( d > 1) 123 CHAPTER 18: An Approach to Melnikov's Theorem on Persistency of Non-resonant Lower Dimension Tori 133 CHAPTER 19: Application to the Construction of Quasi-Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations 143 CHAPTER 20: Construction of Quasi-Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Wave Equations 159 Appendix 169

Jean Bourgain is Professor of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study and J. Doob Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of "Global Solutions of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations".

"This text is an up to date introduction to localization problems for lattice Schrodinger operations with deterministic ergodic potentials by one of the leading experts... I can recommend it to any graduate student or researcher in the field."--G. Teschl, Monatschefte fur Mathematik

• Acknowledgment v CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2: Transfer Matrix and Lyapounov Exponent 11 CHAPTER 3: Herman's Subharmonicity Method 15 CHAPTER 4: Estimates on Subharmonic Functions 19 CHAPTER 5: LDT for Shift Model 25 CHAPTER 6: Avalanche Principle in SL2( R ) 29 CHAPTER 7: Consequences for Lyapounov Exponent, IDS, and Green's Function 31 CHAPTER 8: Refinements 39 CHAPTER 9: Some Facts about Semialgebraic Sets 49 CHAPTER 10: Localization 55 CHAPTER 11: Generalization to Certain Long-Range Models 65 CHAPTER 12: Lyapounov Exponent and Spectrum 75 CHAPTER 13: Point Spectrum in Multifrequency Models at Small Disorder 87 CHAPTER 14: A Matrix-Valued Cartan-Type Theorem 97 CHAPTER 15: Application to Jacobi Matrices Associated with Skew Shifts 105 CHAPTER 16: Application to the Kicked Rotor Problem 117 CHAPTER 17: Quasi-Periodic Localization on the Z d -lattice ( d > 1) 123 CHAPTER 18: An Approach to Melnikov's Theorem on Persistency of Non-resonant Lower Dimension Tori 133 CHAPTER 19: Application to the Construction of Quasi-Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations 143 CHAPTER 20: Construction of Quasi-Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Wave Equations 159 Appendix 169