Finite gap Jacobi matrices. I: The isospectral torus (Q1959702)

Isospectral torus plays a fundamental role in the study of orthogonal polynomials on the real line with measures whose essential support is a finite union of disjoint closed intervals. The authors describe the Jost functions of elements of the isospectral torus, relate Jost functions to theta functions and discuss Jost solutions and the associated Bloch waves. Finally they apply these solutions to the study of Green's function. The key to their analysis is a machinery developed by \textit{M. Sodin} and \textit{P. Yuditskii} [J. Geom. Anal. 7, No. 3, 387--435 (1997; Zbl 1041.47502)] and exploited by \textit{F. Peherstorfer} and \textit{P. Yuditskii} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 129, No. 11, 3213--3220 (2001; Zbl 0976.42012)].