Spectral theory of extended Harper's model and a question by Erdős and Szekeres (Q1675276)

The extended Harper model, defined by a quasi periodic Jacobi operator, describes the effects of a transversal magnetic field of a given flux on a single tight-binding electron in a two-dimensional crystal layer. In the paper one provides an approach for the exclusion of point spectrum as well as a proof of singular continuous spectrum in the critical regime, which works for all the frequencies. One derives an upper bound for the analytic quasi-periodic product on the one hand, and the solution of a problem stated by Erdős and Szekeres, on the other hand. Various applications of Liapunov exponent to extended Harper's model are given. New results are stated on the dynamical formulation of Aubry-André duality. It is shown that all these results hold for a non-singular quasi-periodic analytic Jacobi operator.