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A theory of holomorphic extension of eigenfunctions on homogeneous harmonic spaces is developed.
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Semiconductivity and superconductivity are remarkable quantum phenomena that have immense impact on science and technology, and materials that can be tuned, usually by pressure or doping, to host both types of quantum states are of great…
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