The positivity of the Lyapunov exponent and the absence of the absolutely continuous spectrum for the almost-Mathieu equation

DOI10.1063/1.526221zbMath0555.39002OpenAlexW2002522452MaRDI QIDQ3218570

A. L. Figotin, Leonid Pastur

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.526221

zbMATH Keywords

absolutely continuous spectrumLyapunov exponentdiscrete Schrödinger equationalmost-Mathieu equationCauchy solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Difference operators (39A70) Special ordinary differential equations (Mathieu, Hill, Bessel, etc.) (34B30) Linear difference operators (47B39)

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• Spectral properties of disordered systems in the one-body approximation
• Singular continuous spectrum for a class of almost periodic Jacobi matrices