On the Characteristic Polynomial of the Almost Mathieu Operator

Details On the Characteristic Polynomial of the Almost Mathieu Operator On the Characteristic Polynomial of the Almost Mathieu Operator

2006-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/math/0606507v1

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc, vol. 135 (2007), 3205--3215

Mathematics

Operator Algebras

11 pages, to appear in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc

Scientific paper

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_{\theta, \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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