Isospectral reduction in infinite graphs (Q2662231)

Summary: \textit{L. A. Bunimovich} and \textit{B. Z. Webb} [Linear Algebra Appl. 437, No. 7, 1429--1457 (2012; Zbl 1247.05134); Nonlinearity 25, No. 1, 211--254 (2012; Zbl 1247.05226); Isospectral transformations. A new approach to analyzing multidimensional systems and networks. New York, NY: Springer (2014; Zbl 1314.37004)] developed a theory for transforming a finite weighted graph while preserving its spectrum, referred as isospectral reduction theory. In this work we extend this theory to a class of operators on Banach spaces that include Markov type operators. We apply this theory to infinite countable weighted graphs admitting a finite structural set to calculate the stationary measures of a family of countable Markov chains.