Operators generated by homeomorphisms of a circle conjugate to a rotation (Q795298)

The authors study the spectrum of the operators Q defined by \(Q(x(t))=q(t)\cdot x(\alpha(t))\) in the spaces \(L_ p(S^ 1)\) on the unit circle \(S^ 1\), \(\alpha:S^ 1\to S^ 1\) is an orientation preserving homeomorphism conjugate to an ergodic rotation. For a large class of coefficient functions q,\(\alpha\) (in particular for piecewise continuous q and \(\alpha\) ') this spectrum happens to be a circle or a disc. Conditions of solvability of the functional equation \(a_ 0(t)\cdot x(t)+a_ 1(t)\cdot x(\alpha(t))=f(t)\) are given.