On the characteristic polynomial of the almost Mathieu operator

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-07-08830-2MaRDI QIDQ5295102zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Michael P. Lamoureux, James A. Mingo

Publication date 27 July 2007

Published in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0606507

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Difference operators (39A70) General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Hermitian and normal operators (spectral measures, functional calculus, etc.) (47B15) Jacobi (tridiagonal) operators (matrices) and generalizations (47B36)

Abstract: Let theta = p/q with p and q relatively prime and u and v a pair of unitaries such that u v = e^{i theta} v u, where u and v generate the rotation C*-algebra A_theta. Let h_{theta, lambda} = u + u^{-1} + lambda/2(v + v^{-1}) be the almost Mathieu operator. By proving an identity of rational functions we show that for q even, the constant term in the characteristic polynomial of h_{ heta, lambda} is (-1)^{q/2}(1 + (lambda/2)^q) - (z_1^q + z_1^{-q} + (lambda/2)^q(z_2^q + z_2^{-q})).

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