On transfer operators on the circle with trigonometric weights (Q1621267)

Summary: We study spectral properties of the transfer operators \(L\) defined on the circle \(\mathbb T=\mathbb R/\mathbb Z\) by \[ (Lu)(t)=\frac{1}{d}\sum_{i=0}^{d-1} f\left(\frac{t+i}{d}\right)u\left(\frac{t+i}{d}\right),\quad t\in\mathbb T \] where \(u\) is a function on \(\mathbb T\). We focus in particular on the cases \(f(t)=|\cos(\pi t)|^q\) and \(f(t)=|\sin(\pi t)|^q\), which are closely related to some classical Fourier-analytic questions. We also obtain some explicit computations, particularly in the case \(d=2\). Our study extends work of \textit{R. S. Strichartz} [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 39, No. 3, 797--817 (1990; Zbl 0695.28003)] and \textit{A. Fan} and \textit{K.-S. Lau} [J. Fourier Anal. Appl. 4, No. 2, 129--150 (1998; Zbl 0908.42003)].