An extension of Kotani's theorem to random generalized Sturm-Liouville operators (Q1087235)

We consider the random operator: \(- d/m_{\omega}(dx)d^+/dx+q_{\omega}(x)\), where \(m_{\omega}(dx)\) and \(q_{\omega}(x)\) are a stationary ergodic random measure and a random function respectively. To this general case, we extend \textit{S. Kotani}'s theorem [Stochastic analysis, Proc. Taniguchi Int. Symp., Katata and Kyoto/Jap. 1982, North Holland Math. Libr. 32, 225-247 (1984; Zbl 0549.60058)] which asserts that the absolutely continuous spectrum is completely determined by the Ljapunov indices. Our framework includes the case of stochastic Jacobi matrices treated by \textit{B. Simon} [Commun. Math. Phys. 89, 227-234 (1983; Zbl 0534.60057)].