On a class of random perturbations of the hierarchical Laplacian (Q2832304)

Let \((X,d)\) be a locally compact separable ultrametric space, \(m\) be a function defined on a set \(\mathcal B\) of all balls \(B\) of positive measure on \(X\). The hierarchical Laplacian \(L_C\) is an operator in \(L^2(X,m)\) defined on locally constant functions with compact supports as NEWLINE\[CARRIAGE_RETURNNEWLINE L_Cf(x)=\sum\limits_{B\in \mathcal B:x\in B} C(B)(P_Bf-f(x)), CARRIAGE_RETURNNEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(P_Bf=\dfrac1{m(B)}\int\limits_Bf\,dm\). Under some assumptions on \(C\), \(L_C\) is essentially selfadjoint and has a pure point spectrum.NEWLINENEWLINEThe authors study the random operator \(L_{C(\omega )}\) corresponding to a small random perturbation \(C(B,\omega )=C(B)(1+\varepsilon (B,\omega ))\). They investigate the convergence of normalized arithmetic means of its eigenvalues, and study the existence and properties of the integrated density of states. As an example, they consider random perturbations of Vladimirov's \(p\)-adic fractional differentiation operator \(D^\alpha\), \(\alpha >0\), in \(L^2(X,m)\), where \(X\) is the field \(\mathbb Q_p\) of \(p\)-adic numbers, \(m\) is the Haar measure.NEWLINENEWLINENote that random perturbations of \(D^\alpha\) were also investigated by \textit{D. Krutikov} [J. Phys. A, Math. Gen. 36, No. 15, 4433--4443 (2003; Zbl 1047.81024); Lett. Math. Phys. 57, No. 2, 83--86 (2001; Zbl 0989.47030)].