On the spectra of infinite-dimensional Jacobi matrices

AbstractThe Green's function method used by Case and Kac is extended to include unbounded Jacobi matrices. As a first application an upper bound on the number of eigenvalues is calculated, using the method of Bargmann. Another bound is found using the Birman-Schwinger argument, which is valid for matrix orthogonal polynomials

Rotation Number Associated with Difference Equations Satisfied by Polynomials Orthogonal on the Unit Circle

AbstractThe techniques of topological dynamics and differential-dynamical systems are used to study polynomials orthogonal with respect to a measure supported on the unit circle. It is assumed that the reflection coefficients associated with these polynomials form a stationary stochastic ergodic process. In particular, the techniques mentioned above are used to prove a gap labelling result

Orthogonal polynomials with asymptotically periodic recurrence coefficients

AbstractGiven the coefficients in the three term recurrence relation satisfied by orthogonal polynomials, we investigate the properties of those classes of polynomials whose coefficients are asymptotically periodic. Assuming a rate of convergence of the coefficients to their asymptotic values, we construct the measure with respect to which the polynomials are orthogonal and discuss their asymptotic behavior

Fractal Functions and Wavelet Expansions Based on Several Scaling Functions

AbstractWe present a method for constructing translation and dilation invariant functions spaces using fractal functions defined by a certain class of iterated function systems. These spaces generalize the C0 function spaces constructed in [D. Hardin, B. Kessler, and P. R. Massopust, J. Approx. Theory71 (1992), 104-120] including, for instance, arbitrarily smooth function spaces. These new function spaces are generated by several scaling functions and their integer-translates. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for these function spaces to form a multiresolution analysis of L2R

Fractional Moment Estimates for Random Unitary Operators

We consider unitary analogs of $d-$dimensional Anderson models on $l^2(\Z^d)$ defined by the product $U_\omega=D_\omega S$ where $S$ is a deterministic unitary and $D_\omega$ is a diagonal matrix of i.i.d. random phases. The operator $S$ is an absolutely continuous band matrix which depends on parameters controlling the size of its off-diagonal elements. We adapt the method of Aizenman-Molchanov to get exponential estimates on fractional moments of the matrix elements of $U_\omega(U_\omega -z)^{-1}$, provided the distribution of phases is absolutely continuous and the parameters correspond to small off-diagonal elements of $S$. Such estimates imply almost sure localization for $U_\omega$

Trace Formulas in Connection with Scattering Theory for Quasi-Periodic Background

We investigate trace formulas for Jacobi operators which are trace class perturbations of quasi-periodic finite-gap operators using Krein's spectral shift theory. In particular we establish the conserved quantities for the solutions of the Toda hierarchy in this class.Comment: 7 page

Localization for Random Unitary Operators

We consider unitary analogs of $1-$dimensional Anderson models on $l^2(\Z)$ defined by the product $U_\omega=D_\omega S$ where $S$ is a deterministic unitary and $D_\omega$ is a diagonal matrix of i.i.d. random phases. The operator $S$ is an absolutely continuous band matrix which depends on a parameter controlling the size of its off-diagonal elements. We prove that the spectrum of $U_\omega$ is pure point almost surely for all values of the parameter of $S$. We provide similar results for unitary operators defined on $l^2(\N)$ together with an application to orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle. We get almost sure localization for polynomials characterized by Verblunski coefficients of constant modulus and correlated random phases

Asymptotics and zeros of Sobolev orthogonal polynomials on unbounded supports

In this paper we present a survey about analytic properties of polynomials orthogonal with respect to a weighted Sobolev inner product such that the vector of measures has an unbounded support. In particular, we are focused in the study of the asymptotic behaviour of such polynomials as well as in the distribution of their zeros. Some open problems as well as some new directions for a future research are formulated.Comment: Changed content; 34 pages, 41 reference

Asymptotics of block Toeplitz determinants and the classical dimer model

We compute the asymptotics of a block Toeplitz determinant which arises in the classical dimer model for the triangular lattice when considering the monomer-monomer correlation function. The model depends on a parameter interpolating between the square lattice ($t=0$) and the triangular lattice ($t=1$), and we obtain the asymptotics for $0<t\le 1$. For $0<t<1$ we apply the Szeg\"o Limit Theorem for block Toeplitz determinants. The main difficulty is to evaluate the constant term in the asymptotics, which is generally given only in a rather abstract form