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a r X i v : m a t h - p h / 0 5 1 2 0 0 8 v 1 5 D e c 2 0 0 5 On the Polyharmonic Operator with a Periodic Potential O. A. Veliev Dept. of Math, Fen-Ed. Fak, Dogus University., Acibadem, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey, e-mail: oveliev@dogus.edu.tr Abstract In this paper we obtain the asymptotic formulas of arbitrary order for the Bloch eigenvalues and Bloch functions of the d-dimensional polyhar- monic operator L(l, q(x)) = (??)l + q(x) with periodic, with respect to arbitrary lattice, potential q(x), where l ≥ 1 and d ≥ 2. Then we prove that the number of gaps in the spectrum of the operator