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Bound States and the Szego Condition for Jacobi Matrices and Schrodinger Operators

Mathematical Physics 2014-12-31 v1 math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

For Jacobi matrices with a_n = 1+(-1)^n alpha n^{-gamma}, b_n = (-1)^n beta n^{-gamma}, we study bound states and the SzegHo condition. We provide a new proof of Nevai's result that if gamma > 1/2, the Szego condition holds, which works also if one replaces (-1)^n by cos(mu n). We show that if alpha = 0, beta not equal to 0, and gamma < 1/2, the Szego condition fails. We also show that if gamma = 1, alpha and beta are small enough (beta^2 + 8 alpha^2 < 1/24 will do), then the Jacobi matrix has finitely many bound states (for alpha = 0, beta large, it has infinitely many).

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0208035,
  title  = {Bound States and the Szego Condition for Jacobi Matrices and Schrodinger Operators},
  author = {David Damanik and Dirk Hundertmark and Barry Simon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0208035},
  year   = {2014}
}

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