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On Positive Lyapunov exponent for the skew-shift potential

Helge Krüger

Abstract

I will prove that for most energies E and some frequencies \alpha the Lyapunov exponent of the Schrödinger operator with potential V(n) = 2 λ \cos(2\pi \alpha n2) has the behavior L(E) \gtrsim λ2 as \lam → 0. This improves upon earlier results by Bourgain.

MSC2000: Primary 81Q10; Secondary 37D25
Keywords: Lyapunov Exponents, Schrödinger Operators

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