Opuscula Mathematica
Opuscula Math. 36, no. 6 (2016), 807-818

On the spectrum of periodic perturbations of certain unbounded Jacobi operators

Jaouad Sahbani
Abstract. It is known that a purely off-diagonal Jacobi operator with coefficients \(a_n=n^{\alpha}\), \(\alpha\in(0,1]\), has a purely absolutely continuous spectrum filling the whole real axis. We show that a 2-periodic perturbation of these operators creates a non trivial gap in the spectrum.
Keywords: essential spectrum, spectral gap, periodic perturbation.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 47A10, 47B36, 39A70.
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Jaouad Sahbani
Université Paris Diderot, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche - UMR7586, Bâtiment Sophie Germain - case 7012, 5 rue Thomas Mann, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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Communicated by P.A. Cojuhari.
Received: 2016-07-20.
Accepted: 2016-07-28.
Published online: 2016-10-29.
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Jaouad Sahbani, On the spectrum of periodic perturbations of certain unbounded Jacobi operators, Opuscula Math. 36, no. 6 (2016), 807-818, http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2016.36.6.807.
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