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We show that for any doubling map generated $C^1$ monotone potential with derivative uniformly bounded away from zero, the Lyapunov exponent of the associated Schr\"odinger operators is uniformly positive for all energies provided the…
In this paper we solve a problem about the Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger operator with potential $v(\theta)=2\lambda cos2\pi\theta/(1-\alpha cos2\pi\theta),\ (|\alpha|<1)$ in physics. With the help of the formula of Lyapunov exponent in the…
The absolutely continuous spectrum of an ergodic family of one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators is completely determined by the Lyapunov exponent as shown by Ishii, Kotani and Pastur. Moreover, the part of the theory developed by Kotani…
We consider discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators whose potentials are generated by sampling along the orbits of a general hyperbolic transformation. Specifically, we show that if the sampling function is a non-constant H\"older…
For a one-dimensional discrete Schr\"odinger operator with a weakly coupled potential given by a strongly mixing dynamical system with power law decay of correlations, we derive for all energies including the band edges and the band center…
We consider discrete Schr\"odinger operators on the half line with potentials generated by the doubling map and continuous sampling functions. We show that the essential spectrum of these operators is always connected. This result is…
We exhibit a dense set of limit periodic potentials for which the corresponding one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator has a positive Lyapunov exponent for all energies and a spectrum of zero Lebesgue measure. No example with those…
We consider Schr\"odinger operators in $\ell^2(\Z)$ whose potentials are defined via continuous sampling along the orbits of a homeomorphism on a compact metric space. We show that for each non-atomic ergodic measure $\mu$, there is a dense…
We consider an Arnold's Cat Map generated $C^1$ bounded potential with the directional derivative in the unstable direction bounded away from zero. We show that the Lyapunov exponent for the associated Shr\"odinger Operator is uniformly…
We study lower bounds on the Lyapunov exponent associated with one-frequency quasiperiodic Schr\"odinger operators with an added finite valued background potential. We prove that, for sufficiently large coupling constant, the Lyapunov…
A variant of multiscale analysis for ergodic Schr\"odinger operators is developed. This enables us to prove positivity of Lyapunov exponents given initial scale estimates and an initial Wegner estimate. This is then applied to high…
We prove absence of absolutely continuous spectrum for discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators on the whole line with certain ergodic potentials, $V_\omega(n) = f(T^n(\omega))$, where $T$ is an ergodic transformation acting on a…
We prove that Schr\"odinger operators with meromorphic potentials $(H_{\alpha,\theta}u)_n=u_{n+1}+u_{n-1}+ \frac{g(\theta+n\alpha)}{f(\theta+n\alpha)} u_n$ have purely singular continuous spectrum on the set $\{E:…
In this paper, we consider the Schr\"{o}dinger operators on $ \ell^{2}(\N) $, defined for all $ x\in\mathbb{T} $ by \begin{equation} (H(x)u)_n = u_{n+1} + u_{n-1} + \lambda f(2^{n} x) u_n, \quad \text{for } n \geq 0,\notag \end{equation}…
We provide a complete and self-contained proof of spectral and dynamical localization for the one-dimensional Anderson model, starting from the positivity of the Lyapunov exponent provided by F\"urstenberg's theorem. That is, a…
We proved that Schr\"odinger operators with unbounded potentials $(H_{\alpha,\theta}u)_n=u_{n+1}+u_{n-1}+ \frac{g(\theta+n\alpha)}{f(\theta+n\alpha)} u_n$ have purely singular continuous spectrum on the set $\{E:…
We study discrete Schroedinger operators with analytic potentials. In particular, we are interested in the connection between the absolutely continuous spectrum in the almost periodic case and the spectra in the periodic case. We prove a…
We consider the Schr\"odinger operator $\mathcal L_{\alpha}$ on the half-line with a periodic background potential and a perturbation which consists of two parts: a summable potential and the slowly decaying Wigner--von Neumann potential…
We study discrete quasiperiodic Schr\"odinger operators on $\ell^2(\zee)$ with potentials defined by $\gamma$-H\"older functions. We prove a general statement that for $\gamma >1/2$ and under the condition of positive Lyapunov exponents,…
We investigate the spectral properties of the discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators whose potentials are generated by continuous sampling along the orbits of a minimal translation of a Cantor group. We show that for given Cantor…