Absolutely continuous spectra of perturbed periodic Hamiltonian systems (Q1096764)

This paper compares the spectrum of the Hamiltonian system \(J\vec y'=(\lambda R(x)+Q(x))\vec y,\) \(-\infty <x<\infty\), with periodic coefficient matrices R(x) and Q(x), to that of a perturbed system \(J\vec y'=(\lambda R(x)+Q(x)+P(x))\vec y,\) where \(P\in L^ 1_ R(- \infty,\infty)\). We show that the perturbation can introduce at most eigenvalues into the gaps between the endpoints of the stability intervals of the periodic system. We prove that the spectral function is continuously differentiable across the continuous spectrum. Further, it follows from the results here that the essential spectrum, the absolutely continuous spectrum and the singular continuous spectrum are invariant.