On cocyles with values in the group \(SU(2)\) (Q5931261): Difference between revisions

This paper is devoted to cocycles with values in the group \(SU(2)\). To this end the author introduces the notion of degree for \(C^1\)-cocycles over irrational rotations on the circle with values in the group \(SU(2)\). He shows that if a \(C^1\)-cocycle \(\varphi:T\to SU(2)\) over an irrational rotation by \(\alpha\) has nonzero degree, then the skew product \[ T\times SU(2)\ni (x,g)\mapsto (x+\alpha, g\varphi(x))\in T\times SU(2) \] is not ergodic and the group of essential values of \(\varphi\) is equal to the maximal Abelian subgroup of \(SU(2)\). Moreover, if \(\varphi\in C^2\) (with some additional assumptions) the Lebesgue component in the spectrum of the skew product has countable multiplicity.