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Thouless, Kohmoto, Nightingale and den Nijs: quantized Hall conductance in a periodic potential

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Condensed matter physics · THEORY

Reference score340,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Expressed gapped filled-band Hall conductance as an integer topological invariant.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact four-author 1982 Physical Review Letters paper. It does not absorb the experimental integer quantum Hall effect, Hofstadter's spectrum, Haldane's zero-net-flux model or later topological-insulator theory.

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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact four-author 1982 Physical Review Letters paper. It does not absorb the experimental integer quantum Hall effect, Hofstadter's spectrum, Haldane's zero-net-flux model or later topological-insulator theory.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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