Spectral properties of some Jacobi matrices with double weights.
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Spectral properties of some Jacobi matrices with double weights.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1048.47020
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-247X(03)00104-5
author: Marcin Moszyński
published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
publication date: 2003-05-27T00:00:00Z
review text: Jacobi matrices with zero main diagonal are considered: these are linear operators on \(\ell^2(\mathbb{N})\) on the maximal domain of definition whose matrix \([J_{m,n}]^\infty_{m,n=1}\) with respect to the standard basis of \(\ell^2(\mathbb{N})\) is bidiagonal and conjugate transpose: \(J_{m,m+1}= \lambda_m= \overline{J_{m+1,m}}\), and \(J_{m,n}= 0\) if \(| m-n|\neq 1\). It is assumed that the \(\lambda_m\)'s are real and nonzero. Two special classes of Jacobi matrices with zero main diagonal and double weights are studied: For a positive sequence \(\alpha= \{\alpha_n\}^\infty_{n=1}\) and \(\varepsilon> 0\), the Jacobi matrices with zero main diagonal \(J_\alpha\) and \(J_{\varepsilon,\alpha}\) are defined by \(\lambda_{2n-1}= \lambda_{2n}= \alpha_n\) and by \(\lambda_1= \varepsilon\), \(\lambda_{2n}= \lambda_{2n+1}= \alpha_n\), respectively. It is known that for any choice of \(\alpha\) and \(\varepsilon\) the matrices \(J_\alpha\) and \(J_{\varepsilon,\alpha}\) are selfadjoint. The main results of the present paper concern absolute continuity of \(J_\alpha\) and \(J_{\varepsilon,\alpha}\) in the cases \(\alpha_n= n^a\) for a fixed \(a\), and absolute continuity of Jacobi matrices obtained by certain perturbations of these special cases. Applications are given to Jacobi matrices that appear in certain birth and death processes [\textit{J. Janas} and \textit{S. Naboko}, Oper. Theory, Adv. Appl. 127, 387--397 (2001; Zbl 0996.47040)]. It is proved that Jacobi matrices in the birth and death processes are selfadjoint and absolutely continuous, and their spectra are determined.
reviewed by: Leiba Rodman
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 47B36
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 47A10
zbMATH DE Number: 1917782
zbMATH Keywords: Jacobi matrices
zbMATH Keywords: absolute continuity
zbMATH Keywords: birth and death processes
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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