On polyharmonic operators with limit-periodic potential in dimension two
Authors:
Yulia Karpeshina and Young-Ran Lee
Journal:
Electron. Res. Announc. Amer. Math. Soc. 12 (2006), 113-120
MSC (2000):
Primary 81Q15; Secondary 81Q10
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S1079-6762-06-00167-3
Published electronically:
August 11, 2006
MathSciNet review:
2237275
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Abstract: This is an announcement of the following results. We consider a polyharmonic operator in dimension two with
and
being a limit-periodic potential. We prove that the spectrum of
contains a semiaxis and there is a family of generalized eigenfunctions at every point of this semiaxis with the following properties. First, the eigenfunctions are close to plane waves at the high-energy region. Second, the isoenergetic curves in the space of momenta corresponding to these eigenfunctions have the form of slightly distorted circles with holes (Cantor-type structure). Third, the spectrum corresponding to the eigenfunctions (the semiaxis) is absolutely continuous.
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Yulia Karpeshina
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
Email:
karpeshi@math.uab.edu
Young-Ran Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1409 W. Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
Email:
yrlee4@math.uiuc.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S1079-6762-06-00167-3
Keywords:
Limit-periodic potential
Received by editor(s):
January 4, 2006
Published electronically:
August 11, 2006
Additional Notes:
Research partially supported by USNSF Grant DMS-0201383.
Dedicated:
In memory of our colleague and friend Robert M. Kauffman.
Communicated by:
Svetlana Katok
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