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Spectrum of a Feinberg-Zee Random Hopping Matrix

Spectral Theory 2015-09-11 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

This paper provides a new proof of a theorem of Chandler-Wilde, Chonchaiya and Lindner that the spectra of a certain class of infinite, random, tridiagonal matrices contain the unit disc almost surely. It also obtains an analogous result for a more general class of random matrices whose spectra contain a hole around the origin. The presence of the hole forces substantial changes to the analysis.

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@article{arxiv.1110.0792,
  title  = {Spectrum of a Feinberg-Zee Random Hopping Matrix},
  author = {Simon N Chandler-Wilde and E Brian Davies},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.0792},
  year   = {2015}
}