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Simple Eigenvalues and Non-vanishing Eigenvectors of the Anderson Model

Mathematical Physics 2025-12-02 v1 Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

We consider the Anderson model on the finite grid G=Z/L1Z××Z/LdZG = \mathbb Z/L_1\mathbb Z\times\cdots\times\mathbb Z/L_d\mathbb Z, defined by the random Hamiltonian Ht=Δ+tVH_t=\Delta+tV, where Δ\Delta is the discrete Laplacian and V=diag({ωx}xG)V=\mathrm{diag}(\{\omega_{x}\}_{x\in G}) is a random onsite potential with ωxμ\omega_x\sim\mu i.i.d. We ask the natural question of when HtH_t has simple eigenvalues and non-vanishing eigenvectors. We prove that, when μ\mu is a continuous probability distribution, HtH_t has this property for all but finitely many tt values with probability 11. However, when μ\mu is a Bernoulli distribution, the conditions fail with positive probability, for which we give a lower bound. We also calculate the exact probability of these conditions being met in the Bernoulli case when d=1d = 1 and L=L1L = L_1 is prime.

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@article{arxiv.2512.00278,
  title  = {Simple Eigenvalues and Non-vanishing Eigenvectors of the Anderson Model},
  author = {Oluyinka Lindblad and Ezra Guerrero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.00278},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 2 figures