Approximating spectral invariants of Harper operators on graphs II

We study Harper operators and the closely related discrete magnetic Laplacians (DML) on a graph with a free action of a discrete group, as defined by Sunada. The spectral density function of the DML is defined using the von Neumann trace associated with the free action of a discrete group on a graph. The main result in this paper states that when the group is amenable, the spectral density function is equal to the integrated density of states of the DML that is defined using either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. This establishes the main conjecture in a paper by Mathai and Yates. The result is generalized to other self adjoint operators with finite propagation speed.

     

群在von Neumann代数上作用的自由和遍历性注记

本文研究了群在von Neumann代数上作用的自由性和遍历性问题.利用投影和群SL2(R)的Iwasawa分解,得到了可数离散群在交换von Neumann代数上作用的自由性的等价刻画,证明了SL2(R)在上半平面H上有理作用导出的SL2(R)在极大交换von Neumann代数A={Mf:f∈L2(H,dxdy/y2)}上的作用α是遍历的,但不是自由的.     

Asymptotic statistical properties of spectral estimates with different tapers for discrete time processes

This paper concerns the problem of estimating the spectral density, spectral distribution and autocovariance functions on non-overlapped and overlapped intervals for a discrete parameter stationary time series with different tapers. Also, we obtain another estimate of spectral density function via different weight functions. Asymptotic statistical properties of these estimates and their limits will be considered.     

Sampling of Paley-Wiener functions on stratified groups

We consider a generalization of entire functions of spherical exponential type on stratified groups. An analog of the Paley-Wiener theorem is given. We also show that every spectral entire function on a stratified group is uniquely determined by its values on some discrete subgroups. The main result of the article is reconstruction formula of spectral entire functions from their values on discrete subgroups using Lagrangian splines.     

Non-synthesizable varieties

In 2004 a counterexample was given for a 1965 result of R.J. Elliott claiming that discrete spectral synthesis holds on every Abelian group. Here we present a ring-theoretical approach to this problem, and show that some varieties fail to have spectral synthesis. In particular, we give a new proof for the result of the second author that spectral synthesis does not hold on Abelian groups with infinite torsion free rank.     

Groups generating transversals to semisimple lie group actions

We describe those discrete groups with finite measure preserving actions that are stably orbit equivalent to such an action of a higher rank simple Lie group. This is applied to obtain information on the question of when ergodic equivalence relations are generated by a free action of a group. Research partially supported by the National Science Foundation and the Israel-U.S. Binational Science Foundation.     

产生可控宏观形状和位置分形山的谱综合方法

假设二元随机函数Ｘ（ｘ，ｙ）表示具有指数为０〈Ｈ〈１的ｆＢｍ。那么由ｆＢｍ算法可生成一幅逼真的分形山图画。但是由于分形山本质上是由随机方法生成的，它的宏观形状和总体位置无法控制。本文给出一个谱综合方法，将有限网格上给出的二维曲面Ｙ（ｘ，ｙ）的离散谱Ｆ↑￣（ｕ，ｖ）的低频分量与Ｘ（ｘ，ｙ）的离散谱Ｆ（ｕ，ｖ）的高频分量综合产生一个分形曲面Ｚ（ｘ，ｙ）。其宏观形状及位置分布由Ｙ（ｘ，ｙ）的低频控制。而     

On dynamics of Out(F n ) on PSL2(ℂ) characters

We introduce and study an open set of PSL₂(?) characters of a nonabelian free group, on which the action of the outer automorphism group is properly discontinuous, and which is strictly larger than the set of discrete, faithful convex-cocompact (i.e. Schottky) characters. This implies, in particular, that the outer automorphism group does not act ergodically on the set of characters with dense image. Hence there is a difference between the geometric (discrete vs. dense) decomposition of the characters, and a natural dynamical decomposition.     

Spectral Asymptotics Revisited

We discuss two heuristic ideas concerning the spectrum of a Laplacian, and we give theorems and conjectures from the realms of manifolds, graphs and fractals that validate these heuristics. The first heuristic concerns Laplacians that do not have discrete spectra: here we discuss the notion of ??spectral mass?? closely related to the ??integrated density of states??, an average of the diagonal of the kernel of the spectral projection operator, and show that this can serve as a substitute for the eigenvalue counting function. The second heuristic is an ??asymptotic splitting law?? that describes the proportions of the spectrum that transforms according to the irreducible representations of a finite group that acts as a symmetry group of the Laplacian. For this to be valid we require the existence of a fundamental domain with relatively small boundary. We also give a version in the case that the symmetry group is a compact Lie group. Many of our results are reformulations of known results, and some are merely conjectures, but there is something to be gained by looking at them together with a unified perspective.     

Ihara's zeta function for periodic graphs and its approximation in the amenable case

In this paper, we give a more direct proof of the results by Clair and Mokhtari-Sharghi [B. Clair, S. Mokhtari-Sharghi, Zeta functions of discrete groups acting on trees, J. Algebra 237 (2001) 591-620] on the zeta functions of periodic graphs. In particular, using appropriate operator-algebraic techniques, we establish a determinant formula in this context and examine its consequences for the Ihara zeta function. Moreover, we answer in the affirmative one of the questions raised in [R.I. Grigorchuk, A. ?uk, The Ihara zeta function of infinite graphs, the KNS spectral measure and integrable maps, in: V.A. Kaimanovich, et al. (Eds.), Proc. Workshop, Random Walks and Geometry, Vienna, 2001, de Gruyter, Berlin, 2004, pp. 141-180] by Grigorchuk and ?uk. Accordingly, we show that the zeta function of a periodic graph with an amenable group action is the limit of the zeta functions of a suitable sequence of finite subgraphs.     

The Green’s function of a five-point discretization of a two-dimensional finite-gap Schrödinger operator: The case of four singular points on the spectral curve

We consider a regular Riemann surface of finite genus and “generalized spectral data,” a special set of distinguished points on it. From them we construct a discrete analog of the Baker-Akhiezer function with a discrete operator that annihilates it. Under some extra conditions on the generalized spectral data, the operator takes the form of the discrete Cauchy-Riemann operator, and its restriction to the even lattice is annihilated by the corresponding Schrödinger operator. In this article we construct an explicit formula for the Green’s function of the indicated operator. The formula expresses the Green’s function in terms of the integral along a special contour of a differential constructed from the wave function and the extra spectral data. In result, the Green’s function with known asymptotics at infinity can be obtained at almost every point of the spectral curve.     

Мультипликативный и нтеграл Фурье и его дискретные анал оги

An analogue of the Fourier integral with respect to a generalized multiplicative system of functions is constructed. It is proved that every absolutely integrable andg-continuous function can be represented as such a multiplicative Fourier integral. The multiplicative Fourier transformation (the spectral function of the multiplicative Fourier integral) is introduced, and the direct and inverse discrete multiplicative Fourier transformations are constructed. The relationship between the spectral function of the multiplicative Fourier integral and the discrete multiplicative Fourier transformation is illuminated. This enables us to elucidate the influence of the discretization of a given function on the properties of its multiplicative spectral characteristics.     

The Spectrum of Completely Positive Entropy Actions of Countable Amenable Groups

We prove that an ergodic free action of a countable discrete amenable group with completely positive entropy has a countable Lebesgue spectrum. Our approach is based on the Rudolph-Weiss result on the equality of conditional entropies for actions of countable amenable groups with the same orbits. Relative completely positive entropy actions are also considered. An application to the entropic properties of Gaussian actions of countable discrete abelian groups is given.     

The Pompeiu problem and discrete groups

We formulate a version of the Pompeiu problem in the discrete group setting. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a finite collection of finite subsets of a discrete abelian group, whose torsion free rank is less than the cardinal of the continuum, to have the Pompeiu property. We also prove a similar result for nonabelian free groups. A sufficient condition is given that guarantees the harmonicity of a function on a nonabelian free group if it satisfies the mean-value property over two spheres.     

The energy density in the planar Ising model

We study the critical Ising model on the square lattice in bounded simply connected domains with + and free boundary conditions. We relate the energy density of the model to a discrete fermionic correlator and compute its scaling limit by discrete complex analysis methods. As a consequence, we obtain a simple exact formula for the scaling limit of the energy field one-point function in terms of the hyperbolic metric. This confirms the predictions originating in physics, but also provides a higher precision.     

Spectral methods for bivariate Markov processes with diffusion and discrete components and a variant of the Wright–Fisher model

The aim of this paper is to study differential and spectral properties of the infinitesimal operator of two dimensional Markov processes with diffusion and discrete components. The infinitesimal operator is now a second-order differential operator with matrix-valued coefficients, from which we can derive backward and forward equations, a spectral representation of the probability density, study recurrence of the process and the corresponding invariant distribution. All these results are applied to an example coming from group representation theory which can be viewed as a variant of the Wright–Fisher model involving only mutation effects.     

拓扑群在连续统上的膨胀作用

本文把一个同胚的膨胀作用推广到拓扑群的情形,并研究了有限生成离散群 的膨胀作用,得到了如下结果:Z×Z不能膨胀地作用在单位闭区间I上,而自由积 Z★Z可以膨胀地作用在I上.     

Globalizations, fiber bundles, and envelopes of holomorphy

We describe a relationship between globalizations of local holomorphic actions on Stein manifolds induced by global actions of certain non-compact Lie groups, and holomorphic fiber bundles with smooth Stein base and fiber and connected structure group. To this end we prove a univalence result for particular Stein Riemann domains with a free and properly discontinuous action of a discrete group of biholomorphisms. We then derive some consequences on the existence of Stein globalizations. Received August 11, 1998; in final form March 8, 1999