On optimal separation of eigenvalues for a quasiperiodic Jacobi matrix (Q2439686)

The authors consider a quasiperiodic Jacobi operator \(H(x,w)\) with analytic coefficients defined on \(l^2(\mathbb{Z})\), in the regime of the positive Lyapunov exponent of the cocycle associated with \(H(x,w)\). The main result states that any eigenvalue of the finite Jacobi submatrix \(H^{(N)}(z,w)\) of \(H(x,w)\) on \([0,N-1] \) is separated from the rest of the spectrum by \(\displaystyle \frac{1}{N(\log N)^p}\), with \(p>15\). This result improves the known separation result for Schrödinger quasiperiodic operators.