Tridiagonal matrix representations of cyclic self-adjoint operators. II (Q1084639)

A bounded cyclic self-adjoint operator C defined on a separable Hilbert space H can be represented as a tridiagonal matrix with respect to the basis generated by a cyclic vector, in such a way that the subdiagonal matrix entries are positive. An operator J can then be defined so that \(CJ-JC=-2iK\) where K also has a tridiagonal matrix representation. The main result of this paper shows that if the subdiagonal entries of the matrix of C converge to a non-zero limit and if K is of trace class then C must have an absolutely continuous part. This result can be applied to the study of systems of orthogonal polynomials which satisfy a three turn recursion formula. [For part I see ibid. 114, 325-334 (1984; Zbl 0557.47015)].