Analytic quasi-perodic cocycles with singularities and the Lyapunov exponent of extended Harper's model (Q1759443)

This paper shows how to extend (and with what limitations) Avila's global theory of analytic \(\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb C)\) cocycles to families of cocycles with singularities. This allows one to develop a strategy to determine the Lyapunov exponent (LE) for the extended Harper's model, for all values of the parameters and all irrational frequencies. In particular, this includes the self-dual regime for which even heuristic results did not previously exist in physics literature. The extension of Avila's global theory is also shown to imply continuous behavior of the LE on the space of analytic \({M_2(\mathbb{C})}\)-cocycles. This includes rational approximation of the frequency, which so far has not been available. In the erratum we correct the statement of Theorem 2.5 and discuss the effect on the rest of the paper.