# Recovering quantum graphs from their Bloch spectrum

@article{Rueckriemen2011RecoveringQG,
title={Recovering quantum graphs from their Bloch spectrum},
author={Ralf Rueckriemen},
journal={arXiv: Spectral Theory},
year={2011}
}
We define the Bloch spectrum of a quantum graph to be the collection of the spectra of a family of Schrodinger operators parametrized by the cohomology of the quantum graph. We show that the Bloch spectrum determines the Albanese torus, the block structure and the planarity of the graph. It determines a geometric dual of a planar graph. This enables us to show that the Bloch spectrum completely determines planar 3-connected quantum graphs.
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