One-dimensional Schrödinger operator with unbounded potential: The pure point spectrum (Q1813417)

Let \(h(\theta)\) be an operator on \(\ell_ 2(\mathbb{Z}_ +)\) defined by \[ (h(\theta)\psi)(x)=-\psi(x+1)-\psi(x-1)+q(x)\psi(x),\quad x\in\mathbb{Z}, \] \[ \psi(-1)\cos\theta-\psi(0)\sin\theta=0,\quad \theta\in[0,\pi]. \] Various conditions on the potential \(q\) are given which assure that \(h(\theta)\) (and its multidimensional analoga, i.e. systems of difference operators) has a pure point spectrum for almost all \(\theta\in[0,\pi)\). E.g., the simplest condition reads as follows: there exists a system \(\{x_ j,j=1,2,\ldots\}\) such that \(A^ j\geq x_ j\geq A^ j_ 1\) for some \(A>A_ 1>1\) and \(| q(x_ j)|\geq C(\ln x_ j)^{2+\varepsilon}\) for some \(C,\varepsilon>0\) and \(j\geq j_ 0\). Applications and examples are given ( fusion-type potentials, Gaussian potentials etc.).